Sun River Health screens short film by Carol Bash for Black History Month

‘Blueprint For My People’ will be shown Feb. 22, plus musician John Anthony Ferrer performs

By Dave Mueller

February 18, 2025

In honor of Black History Month, Sun River Health will screen the 30-minute film Blueprint For My People by documentarian, filmmaker, and Peekskill resident Carol Bash at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 22, at the Jeannette J. Phillips Community Health Center, 1037 Main Street, Peekskill.

In addition, songwriter, music historian, and Berklee Music School graduate John Anthony Ferrer will perform five popular African American songs at the event and share how they relate to this year’s event theme.

This event is free, but registration is required by contacting Wilfredo Morel at 914-643-4392.

About Carol Bash
Documentarian and filmmaker Carol Bash is the Founder and President of Paradox Films, a media production company based in Peekskill, New York. The award-winning documentary filmmaker with over 25 years of experience serves as Programming Coordinator at Black Public Media.

She is a Peekskill Arts Alliance Board Member and an Organizer/Programmer of the annual Peekskill Film Festival. She has produced and directed promotional films for PBS, World Channel and non-profit organizations.

Carol has worked with Firelight Films on Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, which premiered on PBS’s Independent Lens and was nominated for an Emmy Award.

In April 2022 the Peekskill Herald featured Carol Bash in an article And now presenting, “The Lady who Swings the Band”

For more information, visit carolbash.com.

About Sun River Health

Sun River Health is a network of 50 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) providing primary, dental, pediatric, OB-GYN, and behavioral health care to over 250,000 patients annually. For more information about Sun River Health, visit Sunriver.org and follow on Facebook and Instagram.

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About the Contributor

Dave Mueller

As a Peekskill native, Dave is thrilled to be working with the Peekskill Herald showcasing featured calendar events. A 1999 graduate of PHS, he remembers reading and enjoying the original weekly print edition of the Peekskill Herald every Thursday. He especially liked the political stories, local features and sports coverage when it was written by Peekskill Runner columnist Jack Burns who always managed to weave history into the running times. An avid hiker, he enjoys exploring the local trails as well as the concrete ones in his job as a conductor for Metro North Railroad. He’s a former teacher and co-founder of the Friends of the Peekskill Dog Park, where he frequently can be found with his Koda. He’s happy to be part of the Herald’s growth as the source of local news for Peekskill and looks forward to highlighting a few of many of the events and happenings in Peekskill and the surrounding communities. Reach Dave at [email protected]