Previous Screenings

ALMA’S RAINBOW + HAIR PIECE: A FILM FOR NAPPYHEADED PEOPLE
1994 / USA / Ayoka Chenzira
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.

THE WATERMELON WOMAN
1996 / USA / Cheryl Dunye
An aspiring Black lesbian filmmaker researches an obscure 1940s black actress billed as the Watermelon Woman.

LOSING GROUND
1982 / USA / Kathleen Collins
Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship.

OUT OF THE ARCHIVE: 70S/80S SHORTS
1979 / USA / Various
Featuring early work from pioneering artists, this program of shorts is a treasure trove of brilliant work ready for (re)discovery.

COMPENSATION + CYCLES
1999 / USA / Zeinabu irene Davis
The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.