FEBRURARY 27, 2021

A FILM SCREENING: The Moment Was Now

A movie screening with the themes of Black liberation, labor rights and women’s rights in a live-play converted to film.

About this Event

THIS IS A POWERFUL PROGRAM THAT WILL MAKE YOU THINK AND MAKE YOU LOOK AT CURRENT DAY ISSUES MORE INTENTLY. The Garrett County Democratic Club is pleased and honored to partner with the play's author, Gene Bruskin, "a titan of the labor movement", to bring this program to our members and allies. DON'T MISS THIS!

The Moment Was Now is an original musical play that takes place in post-civil war Baltimore in 1869, a turning point in US history where America almost did the right thing. Echoing the current moment, the play centers around the impassioned search for unity between the dynamic historic leaders of powerful movements during Reconstruction.

The conflicts and possibilities unfold at a fictional meeting convened by Frederick Douglass and are elevated by the musical and spoken word format. This most unusual gathering consists of suffragette, abolitionist Susan B. Anthony; Black trade union leader Isaac Myers; African American feminist, author and abolitionist Frances Harper; and Irish National Labor Union president William Sylvis. Railroad Kingpin Jay Gould lurks in the background.

Hope hangs in the balance.

Learn more about the play at https://www.themomentwasnow.com.

Learn more about Gene Bruskin at https://dctrending.com/blog-1/2020/2/21/gene-bruskin-the-moment-was-and-is-now