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Out of the Archive: Black Women Behind the Lens

Upcoming Screenings

OUT OF THE ARCHIVE: LITERARY SHORTS

2022 / USA / Maya Angelou +

Wed, Apr 57:00pm

A literary-focused program featuring powerful portraits and long-lost gems.

OTHELLO

1980 / USA / Elizabeth Shearer White (Liz White)

Thu, Apr 67:00pm

Liz White’s revolutionary adaptation and reimagination of the Shakespeare classic.

JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T.

1992 / USA / Leslie Harris

Sat, Apr 810:00pm

With hopes of becoming a doctor and not a product of her environment, a Brooklyn teenager is faced with numerous challenges that threaten her dreams.

COMPENSATION + CYCLES

1999 / USA / Zeinabu irene Davis

Mon, Apr 107:00pm

The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.

OUT OF THE ARCHIVE: 70S/80S SHORTS

1979 / USA / Various

Tue, Apr 117:00pm

Featuring early work from pioneering artists, this program of shorts is a treasure trove of brilliant work ready for (re)discovery.

LOSING GROUND

1982 / USA / Kathleen Collins

Wed, Apr 197:00pm

Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship.

THE WATERMELON WOMAN

1996 / USA / Cheryl Dunye

Thu, Apr 207:00pm

An aspiring Black lesbian filmmaker researches an obscure 1940s black actress billed as the Watermelon Woman.

ALMA’S RAINBOW + HAIR PIECE: A FILM FOR NAPPYHEADED PEOPLE

1994 / USA / Ayoka Chenzira

Sat, Apr 227:00pm

The life of teenager Rainbow Gold as she enters womanhood and navigates standards of beauty, self-image, and the rights women have over their bodies.