The City College 9 Movement...
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CityCollege9.com: A Celebrity Basketball Game was scheduled to take place during the middle of winter break at the City College of New York. Hosted by Puff Daddy and Heavy D, the event would be the highlight of December 1991. The hottest rap artists promised to be there and young people from all over the city converged on campus to attend. The game made headlines in the most of tragic of ways. City College 9 unravels the moments that counted down to the event, and the circumstances that took nine people away from their loved ones. It was a racially charged year. With Rodney Kings video-taped brutal arrest making headlines in the Spring of 1991 and the Crown Heights riot spinning New York City into a turmoil that August, the circumstances of the City College 9 event pierce through any finger pointing. It instead lets us witness how prejudices become institutionalized and how that affects something as simple and benign as a charity basketball game in Harlem with rap stars.
Upcoming Screenings:
Screening @ Reeladelphia, which is an extension of the Philly Underground Music & Philm Festival (PUMP), an annual Urban Film & Music Festival held in Philadelphia.
June 18th = Philadellhia PA - 4 more info go to:
www.asphaltmultimedia.com
Dirk played by J. Swain
Director: JASON “J.” SWAIN
Year: 2005
Duration: 20 minutes
Country: USA
A
short film that tells the true story of one tragic night in New York
when a brother and sister are faced with choices that will lead them
to crime,
confrontation and death. The film’s powerful ending is a reenactment
of the tragic events that took place at City College on December 28,
1991. Nine people were trampled to death as they tried to enter the Celebrity
Basketball Game hosted by Heavy D and Puff Daddy.
Actual news footage and interviews from that night are used to give the
film
the gritty feel of a docu-drama.
I Choose 2 Be Me
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DVD AND VHS TAPES FOR SALE...
I Choose
2 Be Me, the funny but ever-so dramatic stage play by J. Swain. This will
be the 1st chapter of the City College 9 journey. When Goody's
girlfriend Sonja dies at City College, life changes for him and their other
friends. This story is just a tale about a group of friends and how they
all turn out after 10 years.
Page 9...
A story
about three of the City College 9 Victims before they make it
to the Gym where they took their last breath. Darren Brown, Dawn
McCaine and Yul Dargan are the victims that are portrayed in this short film.
Thank you for visiting the site. Your continued interest in this film, personal and creative efforts, and your continued support and feedback is welcomed!
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