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Afro-punk Festival 2009 kicks off with Adjust Your Color-The Truth of Petey Greene Its the true story of America's first shock-jock!Famous for his patois of street talk, Bible citations, rhyming rap, quotes from his grandmother and African American poets, Petey Green first to took to the airwaves from inside the Lorton Reformatory prison, in 1965. His prison radio show was so entertaining that the guards refused to let him be paroled, even though he was eligible!Petey Green went on to present the Emmy-award winning national TV show Petey Green's Washington for almost two decades, inspiring a new generation of media personalities with his outrageous shock-jock tactics and invigorating America's African American community with a new mantra: tell it like it is.Official trailer http://www.peteygreene.com/video.htmAfro-punk Festival 2009 http://www.afropunk.com/* Films run 3-8 July* Music/ Skate park 3-6 July* Block party 12 JulyatBAM30 Lafayette AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11217------------------------------Full film schedule------------------------------FRIDAY 3RD JULY:2pm – Petey Greene: Adjust Your Color (60min) & Faubourg-Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (68min)4:45pm – A Man Named Pearl (78min)6:50pm – Eventual Salvation (87min) + Q & A9:30pm – Favela Rising (80min) & Hoods to Woods (25min) + intro onlySATURDAY JULY 4th:2pm – The Anderson Platoon (62min) + Fred Hampton interviews (29min)4:30pm - Crips and Bloods: Made in America (93min)6:50pm – Afro Saxons (84min)9:15pm – Attica! (90min)SUNDAY JULY 5th: In Honor Of Spike Lee. Afro-punk Honors 20th Anniversary Of "Do The Right Thing"2pm – Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop (58min) & The Making of Do The Right Thing (60min)4:30pm – School Daze (120min)7pm – A Huey P. Newton Story (86min)9:00pm – Get on the Bus (120 minutes)MONDAY JULY 6th:4:30pm – A Man Named Pearl (78min)6:30pm – The Two Towns of Jasper (90min) + Q & A9:15pm - Afro Punk & WLBS (150min) + introTUESDAY JULY 7TH:4:30: When We Were Kings (89min)6:50: What’s On Your Plate (72min) + Q & A9:30: The Night James Brown Saved Boston (75min)WEDNESDAY JULY 8th:4:30pm - Petey Greene: Adjust Your Color (60min) & Faubourg-Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (68min)6:50pm – Revolution ’67 (90min) + Q & A9:30pm – Medicine for MeloncholySee More