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Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

When you came to Atlanta, it made you feel like,"I could be an entrepreneur, I could do...

When you came to Atlanta, it made you feel like,
"I could be an entrepreneur, I could do anything, because, look,
I see people who look like me." So people started looking at that like, "Yo, this is where I wanna
move to and raise my family." Growing up in the SWATS, it was like our own little Wakanda. All of my friends' parents were successful and you didn't have that in a lot of,
you know, other metropolitan areas, like this real influx
of middle-class America

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When you came to Atlanta,
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it made you feel like, "I could be an entrepreneur,
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I could do anything, because, look, I see people who look like me."
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So people started looking at that like,
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"Yo, this is where I wanna move to and raise my family."
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Growing up in the SWATS,
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it was like our own little Wakanda.
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All of my friends' parents were successful
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and you didn't have that in a lot of, you know, other metropolitan areas,
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like this real influx of middle-class America.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:51
Uploaded
Apr 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Swirl Films,Mass Appeal

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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.
When you look through the ranks - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:34
When you look through the ranks
There is a history in this country of the establishment - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:09
There is a history in this country of the establishment
What Atlanta already has built into it - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:14
What Atlanta already has built into it
The HBCU all around the country was a vibrant site - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:46
The HBCU all around the country was a vibrant site
The Atlanta University Center - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:07
The Atlanta University Center
As a Black woman, as a woman, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:38
As a Black woman, as a woman,
When was the last time you saw Tony, Monique, Emma? - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:05
When was the last time you saw Tony, Monique, Emma?
Y'all still look the same, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:06
Y'all still look the same,
But the thing is, is that the way we started it - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:06
But the thing is, is that the way we started it
I think when people hear the word "Freaknik," - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:07
I think when people hear the word "Freaknik,"
- But people did not know about the '80s. - Yeah. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:05
- But people did not know about the '80s. - Yeah.
We were, we, we were getting support from left and right - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:07
We were, we, we were getting support from left and right
And I'm telling you, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:06
And I'm telling you,
...to the depth of-of a legacy we were creating. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:05
...to the depth of-of a legacy we were creating.
Once you got to the AU campus, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:06
Once you got to the AU campus,
That was the opportunity to develop your first comradery. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:05
That was the opportunity to develop your first comradery.
The state clubs, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:08
The state clubs,
The state clubs is what drew people closer together. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:21
The state clubs is what drew people closer together.
We wanted to provide events that would help - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:21
We wanted to provide events that would help
Many people couldn't afford to go home. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:07
Many people couldn't afford to go home.