Black Cinema Series
Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
Sunday, January 25, 2025 | 6:00pm
Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)
Doors open at 5:30pm
Standard ticket prices
Tickets available online in advance, at our box office during open hours, or at the door (if tickets remain).
Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round is the untold story of the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history. When 5 Howard University students sat on a Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the white community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, an extraordinary history-making partnership was born.
With never-before seen footage, and immersive storytelling by Emmy-award winning director Ilana Trachtman (Praying With Lior), four living protesters rescue this forgotten history, revealing the price, and the power, of heeding the impulse to activism.
Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round includes voiceover by Jeffrey Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Bob Balaban, Lee Grant, Peter Gallagher, Dominique Thorne, Alysia Reiner and Tracie Thoms.
Not Rated | 1 hr 29 mins | Documentary | 2024
USA | English
DCP
Directed by Ilana Trachtman
About the series
Black Cinema Series
The Little Theatre’s Black Cinema Series, presented in partnership with the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ), screens both scripted and non-fiction films about the Black experience. With an emphasis on contemporary independent films, the series highlights Black perspectives and filmmakers, with screenings and panel discussions with community experts and filmmakers. More details about the Black Cinema Series Browse all films in this series
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