The
Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) will kick off the FAIR Film
Festival 2022 with an in-person screening of the documentary film I Am A Victor plus a selection of short films on Sunday, June
12 at 1:00pm EDT at Caveat on the lower east
side in Manhattan.
The event will feature a live Q&A with director Kendall
Johnson and a panel of guests who have worked to support FAIR’s mission of
advancing civil rights and liberties, and promoting a common culture of
fairness, understanding and humanity, including Kevin Ray, Sahar Tartak, Moshe Levy, and Johnny
& Suziann Davis.
The event will be hosted by New York-based writer, musician and artist
and FAIR Advisor, Angel Eduardo, who is best-known for
coining and promoting the rhetorical concept of star-manning, which means to not
only engage with the most charitable version of your opponent’s argument, but
also with the most charitable version of your opponent, by
acknowledging their good intentions and your shared desires despite your
disagreements. Through his work, Eduardo hopes to foster more productive conversations
on the topics of the day, all bolstered by his own six words of advice, “Be
kind; we’re all first drafts.”
I
Am A Victor starts at the end of the
civil rights era with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and
tracks the 50-year journey taken by black Americans on the two different roads
they have traveled since that iconic time. Depending on the road they selected
(or unconsciously followed), that decision would impact the lives of their
children’s children. A large percentage of the population took the path that
led to an Afro-centric, secular and political activist journey and the smaller
and often unheard population took the path that was taught by their parents and
grandparents rooted in the Christian faith.
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Director Kendall Johnson is the founder of Underdog Film. He is a Nashville-based filmmaker and composer.
Having attended Vancouver Film School and spending time at Remote Control in
Los Angeles, the famed studio of Hans Zimmer, Kendall has a knack for
captivating audiences with unique video compositions and cinematic scores. He
is a natural-born storyteller and has a passion for telling the unheard
stories.
“What motivated me to create this film was to
inspire others. Not just in the African American community, but in all
communities. Centered around the message that you are capable of great things.
That you are not a product of your circumstance and that you are not a victim.
We don’t have to believe that as people, that you are a victim. You have the
ability to take ownership of your life and become a VICTOR,” says
Johnson.
About
the FAIR Film Festival
Beginning on June 5, FAIR will host online
screenings of feature films I Am A
Victor, What Killed Michael Brown?, Harvard
Canceled its Best Black Professor, Mighty Ira, and All of Us followed by a week of events and Q&As with
the filmmakers and special guests including
author Shelby Steele, President of the Foundation for
Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) Greg Lukianoff, and FAIR Board of Advisor
Members Daryl Davis, Wilfred Reilly, Angel Eduardo, and Alan Charles Kors.
For more information and to reserve tickets for
the in-person film screening in New York City on June 12, plus the online film
festival that begins on June 5, go to FAIR Film Festival
2022 – FAIR. #BeProHuman
The
Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) is a nonpartisan
organization dedicated to advancing civil rights and liberties for all
Americans, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding and
humanity.