A Better Jamaica Film Fridays in Rufus King Park

Fri Jul 25, 2025 - Fri Aug 15, 2025
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Repeating every week — Fridays through August 15, 2025
Except August 1, 2025.
8:15pm ET
Age: 8 and up
Price: FREE
Location:
King Manor Museum in Rufus King Park
(718) 206-0545
150-03 Jamaica Ave, Queens, NY,
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ABJ screens feature films that focus on Civil rights on King Manor's lawn, giving young activists a bit of history on Friday nights.

July 25: Selma (PG-13; 2014), a docudrama on Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.’s social justice actions in Alabama.

August 8: The Best of Enemies (PG-13; 2019), which depicts a partnership between a Civil Rights activist and Ku Klux Klan leader over school desegregation in North Carolina in 1971

August 15 at 8 pm: Just Mercy (PG-13; 2019), a film about a young lawyer’s legal defense of wrongly condemned individuals and those who were not afforded proper representation.

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.