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Online Filmmaker Q&A: River City Drumbeat

You're invited to a special online conversation with co-directors Anne Flatté and Marlon Johnson and special guests Albert Shumake and Ed White!

For 30 years, Ed “Nardie” White has dedicated his life to uplifting and empowering African-American youth through the River City Drum Corps, teaching kids about their African roots and culture through music. Filmmakers Marlon Johnson and Anne Flatté spent more than a year in Louisville, KY, filming the charismatic founder and the many children he inspired. As he prepares to pass the torch to his successor and former student Albert Shumake, Nardie also reflects on the triumphs and bittersweet losses of the past three decades. This moving documentary was an official selection of the 2020 SFFILM Festival.

If you register for this event you will be sent a discount code via email for 50% off the ticket price to stream River City Drumbeat via the Roxie Virtual Cinema. The film is available to watch now, and the discount is valid through August 21.

Follow these steps to get your tickets:

  1. Click on the "RSVP" button below to be taken to the event page.

  2. Apply Promo Code WS4KT

  3. Select your ticket quantity, then click "ADD TO CART".

  4. If you're not a SFFILM member, click "CHECK OUT AS A GUEST" at the final step and fill out your contact information

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