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I-I think initially,
when we first started it, our draw card was the fact
that this was a Black picnic. You know, every--
we all knew about Daytona Beach, we knew about some of the other things, but they were not put on by us or the people who you heard
attending look like us. So here we are
in a, uh, historical Black colleges and we're saying,
"We gonna celebrate ourselves, "we gonna celebrate with ourselves
when we first started it, our draw card was the fact
that this was a Black picnic. You know, every--
we all knew about Daytona Beach, we knew about some of the other things, but they were not put on by us or the people who you heard
attending look like us. So here we are
in a, uh, historical Black colleges and we're saying,
"We gonna celebrate ourselves, "we gonna celebrate with ourselves
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I-I think initially,
when we first started it,
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our draw card was the fact
that this was a Black picnic.
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You know, every--
we all knew about Daytona Beach,
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we knew about some of the other things,
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but they were not put on by us
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or the people who you heard
attending look like us.
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So here we are
in a, uh, historical Black colleges
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and we're saying,
"We gonna celebrate ourselves,
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"we gonna celebrate with ourselves.
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Movie Summary
Recounts the rise and fall of a small Atlanta HBCU picnic that exploded into an influential street party and spotlighted ATL as a major cultural stage.