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NOV182026
Screening
Neighborhood Oasis: Black Resilience — Red-Carpet Premiere
SHOWCASE CINEMA de Lux Legacy Place · Cinema Theater 12 or 13 · 670 Legacy Place, Dedham, MA 02026 (Legacy Place Shopping Center Mall)4:00 PM EST – 7:00 PM EST
By invitation only
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Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Kreateabuzz Documentary Films invites featured guests and KB supporters to an exclusive, invitation-only red-carpet premiere of Neighborhood Oasis: Black Resilience.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 · 4:00–7:00 pm EST
4:00 pm — Red-carpet gala for featured guests in the film and KB supporters.
4:30 pm — Screening begins, followed by an audience Q&A with the featured cast and crew.
Co-hosted by film director Rudy G. Hypolite and co-producer Coach Dennis G. Wilson.
Black Resilience (90 minutes) is the first film in the three-part Neighborhood Oasis series. Episode II: Chopping It Up. Episode III: By and For Women.
Black barbershops and hair salons in Boston face severe threats from gentrification, the COVID-19 pandemic, and widespread social and political unrest. Despite the cultural impacts and these demographic and economic challenges, the shops remain the vital lifeblood of the community by hosting spirited, humorous and multifaceted discussions that have sustained the Black neighborhood for decades.
RSVP by emailing your KB Team contact or kreateabuzzfilms@gmail.com no later than Friday, November 13, 2026.
This is a closed screening, BY INVITATION ONLY. Other screenings will be scheduled in 2027.
Sponsored by LEF, the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, and Kreateabuzz Documentary Films.
History
PAST SCREENINGS & COMMUNITY EVENTS
2022
APR092022
Screening / HISTORY
Nubian Gallery’s “This Ain’t Normal” Film & Discussion
Nubian Gallery12:00 PM EDT – 4:00 PM EDT
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Saturday, April 9, 2022
Sponsored by the Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence and the MGH Center for Community Health Improvement
MAR162022
Screening / HISTORY
“This Ain’t Normal” Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Location not listed12:00 PM EDT – 1:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Sponsored by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts
2021
NOV152021
Screening / HISTORY
Mass State Legislature Symposium: “This Ain’t Normal” Virtual Film Screening and Discussion
Virtual screening4:00 PM EST – 5:00 PM EST
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Monday, November 15, 2021
Sponsored by the Mass State Legislature and the Criminal Justice Reform Caucus
2019
MAR302019
Screening / HISTORY
This Ain't Normal Screening: Bethel AME Church
Bethel AME Church · 86 Wachusett Street · Boston, MA, 0213011:00 AM EDT – 2:00 PM EDT
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Saturday, March 30, 2019
The Bethel Institute for Social Justice In Your Corner Program (IYC), Roslindale is for Everyone (RISE), and The Theodore Parker UU Church, Racial Justice Task Force invite you to a special screening of This Ain’t Normal
Panelists Include:
Donals Osgood Sr., former StreetSafe Boston Streetworker and Advocate Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Omaira Alicea, former StreetSafe Boston Program Coordinator
Film Crew:
Director Rudy Hypolite
Co-Producer and Community Activist Dennis Wilson
Music Composer Malik Williams
Please RSVP to Myra Kinds at kindsmyra@gmail.com or 774.219.9756.
MAR232019
Screening / HISTORY
This Ain't Normal Screening: Silberman School of Social Work, NY
Hunter College, Silberman School of Social Work (East Harlem) · 2180 3rd Avenue · New York, NY, 100352:00 PM EDT – 5:30 PM EDT
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Saturday, March 23, 2019
Film Screening and Community Discussion on Youth Violence in East Harlem
Brought to you by The Renaissance Charter High School For Innovation, Council Member Diana Ayala and Manhattan Community Board 11.
Panelists Include:
Donald Osgood Sr., former StreetSafe Boston Streetworker and Advocate Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Elsie Encarnacion, The Renaissance Charter High School for Innovation
Film Crew:
Director Rudy Hypolite
Co-Producer and Community Activist Dennis Wilson
Music Composer Malik Williams
Film Editor, Oriel Danielson
Please RSVP by emailing elsie.encar@gmail.com
MAR182019
Screening / HISTORY
This Ain't Normal Screening: Bridgewater State University
Afro-Am BSU, Men Integrated in Brotherhood (MIB) and the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice invite you to a special screening of This Ain’t Normal. This documentary film depicts the stories of gang-involved youth, entangled in the intractable violence of inner city Boston, and the social and street workers tasked with helping to transform their lives.
Panelists include:
Alan Turner, former StreetSafe Boston Streetworker Supervisor
Conan Harris, former StreetSafe Manager and former Senior Safety Advisor for Boston Mayor Martin Walsh
BSU Student Claudio Eshun
MRISJ’s Dr. Kelly Brotzman
Film Crew:
Director Rudy Hypolite
Producer Dennis Wilson
Music Composer Malik Williams
Please RSVP by emailing kreateabuzzfilms@gmail.com
FEB232019
Community event / HISTORY
11th Annual African American Ball
Yawkey Boys & Girls Club of Roxbury6:00 PM EST – 9:00 PM EST
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Saturday, February 23, 2019
Edward & Earlean Blakely Creative Arts Center, Inc. Presents: Empowering Families, Strengthening Communities. In celebration of Black History Month. Hosted by Yawkey Boys & Girls Club of Roxbury.
FEB222019
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The Jamaica Plain Forum presents: This Ain't Normal
First Church JP · 6 Eliot St · Jamaica Plain7:00 PM EST – 9:30 PM EST
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Friday, February 22, 2019
Co-sponsored by First Church in Jamaica Plain, Social Justice Action Committee, Theodore Parker Church, and the Racial Justice Task Force:
“As part of our second year of the Dismantling White Supremacy Film series this documentary depicts the stories of gang-involved youth, entangled in the intractable violence haunting Boston’s neighborhoods, and the StreetSafe Boston social and street workers tasked with helping to transform their lives. This Ain’t Normal examines the individual circumstances behind the violence, thereby gaining a deeper insight and understanding into the issue of youth violence, as it has grown to epidemic proportions in the City on the Hill and the nation.”
For more information: Jom45@aol.com
Free & Open to All.
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2018
DEC032018
Screening / HISTORY
This Ain’t Normal: Film Screening & Discussion
Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall, Harvard Law School · 1515 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA, 021385:30 PM EST – 8:00 PM EST
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Monday, December 3, 2018
Hosted by Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice and Prison Studies Project
Sharing some photos from our most recent “This Ain’t Normal” film screening and discussion. Special thanks to our host David Harris, the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, and our engaged, insightful, and passionate audience who had some wonderful comments in support of the film and the issues depicted. As one of our incredible panelists, Omaira Alicea, said: “--the film set the stage for progressive discussions on violence, gangs, the school-to-prison pipeline, realistic solutions, parenting…” and other related issues. Omaira Alicea, a former StreetSafe Boston Program Coordinator, was joined on the panel by Donnell Singleton, CEO of Origin Nile Publishing, Donald M. Osgood Sr., Advocate with the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, Conan Harris, Deputy Director of Public Safety for the City of Boston Public Safety, Film Director Rudy Hypolite, and Film Producer Coach Dennis Wilson. If you or your organization would like to sponsor or host a screening of the film, please email us at: kreateabuzzfilms@gmail.com
Cobb Plaza Cinema Cafe · 155 South Orange Avenue · Orlando, FL, 3280112:00 PM EDT – 1:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 – Thursday, October 25, 2018
EVENT LINK: https/orlandofilmfestcom
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APR122018
Screening / HISTORY
Private Screening at The Boston Foundation
The Boston Foundation · 75 Arlington Street · Boston, MA, 021355:00 PM EDT – 7:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, April 12, 2018
The Boston Foundation hosted a private donor screening for our “This Ain’t Normal” film. Many thanks to TBF’s Kate Guedj and Laura McConaghy and The BASE's Robert Lewis Jr. for their generous support in ensuring the film is shown to many audiences in Metro Boston and across the U.S. Some of those featured in the film were in attendance. Our next screening that WILL be open to the general public is on Monday, April 30th at the Cambridge Public Library. Stay tuned for event details!
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