While I was getting my coffee this morning from Samir at Simple Pleasures, I ran into a local filmmaker named Kevin Epps, who was passing out postcards to promote the February 17 premiere of his film The Black Rock, a documentary feature “about the untold black experience at Alcatraz.” The men whose stories are told in this film include Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, “the notorious Harlem gangster and Godfather,” and William “Ty” Marting, who was “involved in a mastermind escape from the confines of Alcatraz.”

Want to know what’s really cool about the premiere? It’s on Alcatraz. Epps has teamed up with the Golden Gate National Parks to present the film in the Cell House Dining Hall. This is a good excuse for all of you San Francisco natives who’ve never stepped foot on the infamous island to finally experience it, in the name of art. The event takes place on Feb. 17, 5:30-10:30 p.m. View the trailer below.

The Black Rock Trailer from Intern Mastermind on Vimeo.