‘The One and Only Dick Gregory’ celebrates the life of a capricious and brilliant pioneer, stand-up comedian, artist, and activist. Gregory’s contribution to the civil rights movement in America is unprecedented. Among many other things, he spearheaded a one-man health food revolution and advocated for poor people’s rights. Gregory often accompanied Martin Luther King Jr in his activism throughout the Jim Crow South and opened his talks. Even though he was one of the highest-paid African American artists in the 1960s, Gregory’s steadfast commitment to his politics and global humanism often led him to lose a lot of money and at one point he was broke. He is one of America’s best-kept secrets and one cannot truly understand what was achieved during the civil rights era without knowing the life of this remarkable and complex man. Black Ark Media is proud to present the screening of ‘The One and Only Dick Gregory’ which will be followed by a Q&A session.

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6 (standard)

£4 (low income/cost of living affected)