48 Hours 2021 Schedule

Read more about the programming and presenters on our presenter page.

Virtual programming will be streamed on RedLine’s YouTube page and our website.

**In-Person Programming

*Virtual Only

Friday, August 13

*12:30pm: Celia Peters Workshop, Story in Song - Virtual on Zoom with pre-registration required, click here to sign up!

**2:00pm: Local Keynote Talk by Dr. Ellamaria Ray In-Person at RedLine

**2:45pm: Toluwanimi Obiwole, Erotic Justice & Afrofuturism Talk In-Person at RedLine

**3:00pm: Shannon Galpin in Conversation with Mona Eltahawy, F*ck the Patriarchy at RedLine and Streamed 

**3:30pm: Break

**3:45pm: Dr. Constantine Loum, Healthy Living: The Future of Waste Management in African Cities, Talk Screened at RedLine and Streamed

**4:30pm: Happy Hour & Film Screenings with Alisha B. Wormsley, Jamila Raegan, & Lisa E. Harris In-Person in Five Points at Spangalang Brewery 2736 Welton St, Denver, CO 80205

Screenings start at 5pm MST

  • The Children of Nan by Alisha B. Wormsley 

  • Cry of the Third Eye by Lisa E. Harris

  • Untitled (Requiem), 2020 by Jamila Raegan & Meshell Ndegeocello

  • Regeneration Mix (When You Die), 2020 by Jamila Raegan & Meshell Ndegeocello

**7:00pm: The Black Actors Guild Performance In-Person at RedLine: Civic Discourse: The Game Show!

Saturday, August 14

*10:00am: Virtual Talks & Performances Only on RedLine’s YouTube channel and website.

- Motus Theater: JustUs Monologues

  • Monologists: Dereck Bell & Ernie Watts, Daniel Guillory & Ernie Watts

  • Spoken Word: Dominique Christina

  • Music: Spirit of Grace with Michelle Rocqet

- Venazir Martinez, Hila-bana: Weaving Communities through a Street Art Hunt

- Quincy Scott Jones, Afrocentric Performance Poetry

*11:00am: Chelvanaya Gabriel Workshop Creative Resilience Dialogues - Virtual Workshop via Zoom with pre-registration required, click here to sign up!

**1:00pm: In-Person Talks & Performances at RedLine 

  • Juannean Young, BLM - Millionaire Series

  • Helanius J. Wilkins, The Conversation Series: Stitching the Geopolitical Quilt to Re-Body Belonging

  • Joe Kanzangu, Black Individualism and the Black Renaissance

  • Robert Franklin II, Personal Stories About Black Hair

**2:30pm: R. Alan Brooks Book Club Discussion In-Person at RedLine with pre-registration required, click here to sign-up! Reach more about the book club here.

**2:30pm: Artist Talks in Exhibition Hall

**3:30pm: National Keynote Media Performance & Talk: Alisha B. Wormsley on collaboration with Lisa E. Harris, Jamila Raegan, and others.

**4:30pm: Happy Hour & Slam Nuba Slam

**5:00pm: Creating Space Exhibition Opening Reception

**5:30pm: Evening Performances & Exhibition Opening

  • DJ Alisha B

  • Aerik Francis, Slam Nuba

  • Jahmila AaronAli aka Mama JAH, Youth on Record 

  • Assétou Xango Spoken Word Performance

  • Kayla Marque, Keynote Musical Performance 

**8:00pm: Reach Studio Paint & Sip at Spangalang 2736 Welton St, Denver, CO 80205