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Shot in the span of ten years, Black August Hip-Hop Project takes us to New York City, Cuba, and South Africa to raise awareness about political prisoners in the United States. The documentary highlights the work of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movements’ work to free political prisoners and features interviews with former political prisoners, intellectuals and social activists including Assata Shakur, Kathleen Cleaver, Nehanda Abiodun, as well as performances by artists such as Talib Kweli, Mos Def, David Banner, Dead Prez, and Common.
The film screening will be followed by an engaging conversation led by Professor Lumumba Bandele, helping audiences to reflect on the insights shared by artists and organizers and connect those lessons to today’s justice movements.
This is the final event of Reimagining Justice through Art, the 2026 Community and Youth Organizing event series, hosted by the CUNY SPS Youth Studies program.