Join us for a screening of Korla, a documentary on John Roland Redd, an African American who successfully passed as an Indian musician from New Delhi. Known for his live television show in the 1950s where he played popular tunes and East Indian compositions on his Hammond organ, Redd has been called the Godfather of exotica music. Korla is the story of one man’s secret and the life he led to protect it.
Director John Turner and producer Eric Christensen will attend the screening. John is an author and art curator who, along with Eric, worked at KGO-TV in San Francisco.
The film will be introduced by award-winning Bay Area news broadcaster, Carolyn Tyler, and will be followed by an audience discussion led by Allyson Hobbs, assistant professor of history at Stanford University and author of A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.
WHERE: MoAD (685 Mission St., San Francisco)
WHEN: Thurs., Aug. 20 @ 6:30–9 PM
ADMISSION: Free
FOR FURTHUR INFO: visit https://www.moadsf.org
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Director John Turner and producer Eric Christensen will attend the screening. John is an author and art curator who, along with Eric, worked at KGO-TV in San Francisco.
The film will be introduced by award-winning Bay Area news broadcaster, Carolyn Tyler, and will be followed by an audience discussion led by Allyson Hobbs, assistant professor of history at Stanford University and author of A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.
WHERE: MoAD (685 Mission St., San Francisco)
WHEN: Thurs., Aug. 20 @ 6:30–9 PM
ADMISSION: Free
FOR FURTHUR INFO: visit https://www.moadsf.org
Join us for a screening of Korla, a documentary on John Roland Redd, an African American who successfully passed as an Indian musician from New Delhi. Known for his live television show in the 1950s where he played popular tunes and East Indian compositions on his Hammond organ, Redd has been called the Godfather of exotica music. Korla is the story of one man’s secret and the life he led to protect it.
Director John Turner and producer Eric Christensen will attend the screening. John is an author and art curator who, along with Eric, worked at KGO-TV in San Francisco.
The film will be introduced by award-winning Bay Area news broadcaster, Carolyn Tyler, and will be followed by an audience discussion led by Allyson Hobbs, assistant professor of history at Stanford University and author of A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.
WHERE: MoAD (685 Mission St., San Francisco)
WHEN: Thurs., Aug. 20 @ 6:30–9 PM
ADMISSION: Free
FOR FURTHUR INFO: visit https://www.moadsf.org
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Director John Turner and producer Eric Christensen will attend the screening. John is an author and art curator who, along with Eric, worked at KGO-TV in San Francisco.
The film will be introduced by award-winning Bay Area news broadcaster, Carolyn Tyler, and will be followed by an audience discussion led by Allyson Hobbs, assistant professor of history at Stanford University and author of A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.
WHERE: MoAD (685 Mission St., San Francisco)
WHEN: Thurs., Aug. 20 @ 6:30–9 PM
ADMISSION: Free
FOR FURTHUR INFO: visit https://www.moadsf.org
show less
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