Special one time screening this weekend for new Withers documentary 

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By Tony Jones MEMPHIS, TN — The Withers Collection Museum and Gallery, in collaboration with the non-profit MVP3 Foundation, has arranged a special one-time screening of a new in-depth documentary chronicling how noted Black history photographer Dr. Ernest C. Withers Sr. amassed what can easily be described as one of Black America’s most important photographic collections.& Entitled “SNAP! A Look At Injustice In America”, the feature length documentary will be screened Saturday, Feb. 24, 10 a.m. at the Malco Paradiso Theater, 584 S. Mendenhall. Admission is free. It is to be released for streaming in March by the MVP3 Entertainment Group.& SNAP! was crafted by award winning film maker Chuck O’Bannon from a script written by Connor Scanion, a research and licensing specialist credited as an expert on the collection. Credited as defining southern Black life in America during the civil rights era, his files encompass an astounding 1.8 plus million images, as noted by the collection’s website.& Located at 333 Beale Street, the museum was founded in 2011 by his daughter Rosalind Withers. She expresses, “The importance of my father’s work has been a blessing to the world and an inspiration for Human Rights supporters everywhere. The film allows...

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