Seattle premiere of the new feature length documentary, "Lynden." There will be a Q&A with the filmmakers and main subject after the film.

Logline: A 17-year-old girl adopted from Ethiopia leads a racial justice march in her small, conservative town, igniting a fierce cultural battle that divides friends, families and church members, and forces the community to confront deeply ingrained issues of identity and race.

Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.siff.net/cinema/in-theaters/lynden

Fulfill The Promise: The Rise. The Fall. The Promise, executively produced by Chardonnay Beaver, is a 90 minute documentary exploring the cultural impact of Seattle's Central District, focusing on the late Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney's efforts to combat systemic poverty through one of the nations first skill-based centers, Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC). His vision lives on with the McKinney Center for Community & Economic Development, launched in 2020.

Film's Featured Topics:

The Great Migration

Redlining

Urban Renewal Program

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, the Black Church.

Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney, Rev. Dr. Wade H. McKinney

The Social Gospel

Seattle's World Fair

Rev. Dr. Leon Sullivan, Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America (OIC of America)

Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC)

Political leaders: Mayor Clinton (Seattle), President Nixon, President Reagan, Councilman Smith (Seattle), Mayor Rice (Seattle), King County Councilman Gossett (WA), Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (WA)

Crack epidemic in Seattle, Reaganomics

Seattle Vocational Institute (SVI), the closing of SVI

HB 1918, formation of the Central District Community Preservation & Development Authority

The launching of the McKinney Center for Community & Economic Development

Bonus Book Signing: Chardonnay, the producer of the film, will also be signing and selling her newest book Words of Wisdom: A Compilation of Life Principles, Inspired by Truth & Guided by Purpose Vol. 1

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