7 Principles, 7 Filmmakers, 7 Films: Short Films in Honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Nguzo Saba
African American Cultural Center
Los Angeles, CA
The Department of Cultural Affairs is proud to announce the screenings of the 2025 commission winner short films, 7 Principles, 7 Filmmakers, 7 Films: Short Films in Honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Nguzo Saba. Created by Dr. Maulana Karenga, The Nguzo Saba are The Seven Principles on which the Pan African holiday of Kwanzaa, which he also created, stands. Each film will be screened and followed by discussion with the filmmakers.
Commissioned by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs' Leimert Park Cultural Hub, the seven awardees and the Nguzo Saba principle their films represent are-
Nathan J. Lee:
Umoja (Unity) To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.
Gina Loring:
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.
Juan Escobdo:
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility) To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers and sisters problems our problems and to solve them together.
Elizabeth Ruvalcaba:
Ujamaa (Cooperative economics) To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Tiffany Judkins:
Nia (Purpose) To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their original greatness.
Elizabeth Gray Bayne:
Kuumba (Creativity) To always do as much as we can, in the way that we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than when we inherited it.
Mercedes Sichon:
Imani (Faith) To believe with all our heart in our people, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
About Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is an African American holiday celebrated from 26 December to 1 January. It is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa called the first-fruits celebrations which were times for harvest, ingathering, reverence, commemoration, recommitment, and celebration. Therefore, Kwanzaa is a time for ingathering of African Americans for celebration of their heritage and their achievements, reverence for the Creator and creation, commemoration of the past, recommitment to cultural ideals and celebration of the good.
About the Nguzo Saba
Kwanzaa was created to introduce and reinforce seven basic values of African culture which contribute to building and reinforcing community among African American people as well as Africans throughout the world African community. These values are called the Nguzo Saba (in-goo-zo sah-bah), which in the Pan-African language of Swahili means the Seven Principles. These principles stand at the heart of the origin and meaning of Kwanzaa, for it is these values which are not only the building blocks for community but serve as its social glue.
About Dr. Maulana Karenga
Dr. Karenga is the Executive Director of the African American Cultural Center (Us), Co-chair of the Black Community, Clergy and Labor Alliance, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies Department, California State University Long Beach.
For more information, please visit: https://officialkwanzaawebsite.org/ and https://maulanakarenga.org/ |
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African American Cultural Center
3018 W. 38th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90043
United States
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| Start: | Saturday Dec 27, 2025 1:00 PM | | End: | Saturday Dec 27, 2025 3:00 PM |
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