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Out of the Archive: Black Women Behind the Lens

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.