Reel Sisters Celebrates Women in Hip Hop & AV’s 50th Issue

Join us for an evening of readings and episode screening of Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip Hop, a Netflix docuseries honoring the powerful women of hip hop music and culture. CR Capers, founder of Harlem Film House & the Hip Hop Film Festival, will lead a discussion with Crystal Whaley, co-executive producer of episode 4 of Ladies First, DJ Franchella, Liza Jessie Peterson, director/writer of Black Love Manifesto, and Evangeline Lawson, photographer and front cover artists of African Voices’ Hip Hop @50th Issue.

Derick Cross, AV Art Director and beatbox performer, will MC the event. The evening will kick off with selected readings from our issue, including a special performance by reg e gaines, a poet, playwright, director, lecturer, and artistic director of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival since 2007. He is the author of four books of poetry and is currently writing and producing The 88, with music by Calvin Gaines.

This event is FREE. Donations are welcome! To RSVP or donate, visit this link.