The Quad-Cities based Azubuike African American Council for the Arts is hosting a free event on Monday, January 18 at 6 p.m. for Martin Luther King Day. Azubuike executive director Jonathan Burnett will interview his father, Academy Award-winner Charles Burnett. Burnett is the director of the new MLK documentary "A King in Paradise". Story creator, Steven Cleveland will also join the discussion. Cleveland teaches at California State University (East Bay) in the Department of Ethnic Studies. The interview will be streamed on the Azubuike Facebook page.
“A King in Paradise” is currently in pre-production and fundraising. The film explores Dr. King’s untold journey of five days in Hawaii during September 1959, from a multi-generational perspective.
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