There are various events happening in Mountain View for Black History Month in February. All are family friendly and free to the public.

Events sponsored by Leadership Mountain View, Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View Human Relations Commission, Red Rock Coffee and Oriki Theater

www.mvblackhistoryevents.com

Month-long:

Black History Display and Book Recommendations

Including display of first African American Police and Fire employees

Mountain View Library / 585 Franklin Street

February 17th, 8pm:

Black History Month Poetry Slam @ Red Rock Coffee / 201 Castro Street

February 19th, 2pm:

Documentary Screening and Discussion

Ni Wakati / It's Time (97 min) (Web Link)

Community School for Music and Arts, Tateuchi Hall / 230 San Antonio Circle

An inspiring story that re-introduces Africa's rich diversity to the rest of the world, as M1 (Dead Prez) and Umi (P.O.W.) travel to East Africa and connect with Ukoofulani Mau Mau, a revolutionary youth movement of artists in the slums of Nairobi. Through music, food and culture they break mistaken myths about Africa and collectively travel to Tanzania to connect with former Black Panther members Mzee Pete O'Neal and Mama Charlotte O'Neal. Interviews with Geronimo Ji Jaga, Davey D, Toni Blackman, Binyavanga Wainaina, and more.

February 25th, 2pm:

Film @ Mountain View Library / 585 Franklin Street

Web Link

Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached and numb from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse.

Frustrated by money problems, he finds respite in moments of simple beauty: the warmth of a coffee cup against his cheek, slow dancing with his wife in the living room, holding his daughter. The film offers no solutions; it merely presents life — sometimes hauntingly bleak, sometimes filled with transcendent joy and gentle humor.