Presented By Maroon Arts Group
In Partnership with Artfluential, The Giovanni Collective & Black Men Build Columbus
“As a culture worker who belongs to an oppressed people my job is to make revolution irresistible.”
― Toni Cade Bambara, Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara
Join us Thursday, November 5 at 6:00 pm for a free community screening of TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing (2025, 105 min.).
A powerful documentary by Louis Massiah and Monica Henriquez, TCB celebrates the life and legacy of Toni Cade Bambara—writer, filmmaker, educator, Black feminist, and revolutionary cultural worker. The film offers lessons in cultural organizing rooted in Bambara’s lifelong commitment to collective struggle, political education, and community empowerment.
Featuring Toni Morrison, Nikky Finney, Haile Gerima, Shirikiana Aina, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Manthia Diawara, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Malaika Adero, Linda Holmes, Conor Tomás Reed, Makeba Lavan, and Clyde Taylor.
“Toni Cade Bambara taught us that art and organizing are inseparable; that imagination itself is a political act,” said Louis Massiah. “We made this film as an offering to her legacy and to all those building the kind of world she dreamed of.”
Come early to see David Butler’s Whiteland exhibition. Bring a friend and join us in this community call-to-action.
The Maroon Culture Lab
867 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Columbus, OH 43203
Directors: Louis Massiah and Monica Henriquez
Producer: Louis Massiah
Cinematography: Michael Chin and Henry Adebonojo
Editor: Monica Henriquez
Composer: Jerome Jennings
Languages: English and French
Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995) was a writer, documentary filmmaker, and activist whose groundbreaking works, including The Black Woman (1970), Gorilla, My Love (1972), and The Salt Eaters (1980), helped define the Black Arts and feminist movements. Her life’s work continues to shape contemporary thought on art, education, and liberation.
The Giovanni Collective
