In association with Ethnic Ties and The San Francisco Black Film Festival, The Oakland International Film Festival is proud to present “The Black Oakland Oakanda Forever Tour”.
With the vision of bringing awareness to Oakland’s rich Black history that is too often obscured by media headlines that too often focus only on violence, “The Black Oakland: Oakanda Forever Tour”. demonstrates Oakland’s potential for tourism and cultural exchange via the arts.
The tour is limited to groups of ten. Masks are not required but will be made available for the tour.
The tour begins and ends at the historic Grand Lake Theater. The public will enjoy
- A guided tour in chartered mini bus to historic landmarks
- Enjoy lite fare from a local, black-owned restaurant
- Visit the Women of the Black Panther Party Mural and mini- museum
- Stop at Marcus Books, the ONLY Black-Owned bookstore in Oakland
- See the Black Panther Party first office and their main headquarters and more
- See the historic 16th street station known for the pullman porters
- Ticket includes Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever film at the Grand Lake Theatre
- Don’t wait in lines around the corner of the Grand Lake Theater to see the film. Be ushered in with your preferred group
The public is invited to get their individual tickets now through Sunday, November 13, 2022.
Tickets are $80 per person, a great deal when compared with the limited Union Square tours that are just a bus ride that do not include food, food for thought with an in-percent docent historic tour and a hands-on community experience.
Corporations and businesses are invited to underwrite tickets for staff, youth, seniors and community members.
Oakanda Forever Tickets open the door to rich additional information about on-going cultural exchanges around San Francisco, Oakland and the Bay Area such as Michael Burdette’s HyLife O’City Productions.
All tour ticket holders will have a chance to win two tickets to Burdette’s upcoming production at Yoshi’s headlining Jazz sophrano saxophonist Marion Meadows featuring Grammy award-winning vocalist, Ms. Monet, November 30, 2022.
For more information contact: acacia@ethnicties.org
About Ethnic Ties
Ethnic Ties is a travel platform connecting experienced travelers with upcoming voyagers. The nonprofit company supports the conscious development of its travelers, in addition to providing professionalization of wanderlusters. Services include the provision of customized pre-departure preparation including itinerary development, travel logistics and sociocultural consulting, saving time, money and energy for upcoming travelers. Additionally for experienced travelers seeking to monetize their past experiences, Ethnic Ties supports technical assistance through trainings and webinars to support the professional development of past travels.
About Oakland International Film Festival
The Oakland International Film Festival is presented by the Oakland Film Society, a non-profit corporation based in Oakland, California with the mission to promote independent filmmakers and the stories they tell to empower people locally, nationally and internationally. The Oakland International Film Festival highlights the City of Oakland as a destination for the arts impacting culture and tourism.
About San Francisco Black Film Festival
The mission of the San Francisco Black Film Festival is to celebrate African American cinema and the African Cultural Diaspora and to showcase a diverse collection of films – from emerging and established filmmakers. This is accomplished by presenting Black films, which reinforce positive images and dispel negative stereotypes, and providing film artists from the Bay Area in particular and around the world in general, a forum for their work to be viewed and discussed. Impacting tourism and cultural exchange, The San Francisco Black Film Festival believes film can lead to a better understanding of and communication between peoples of diverse cultures, races and lifestyles, while simultaneously serving as a vehicle to initiate dialogue on the important issues of our times.
