Film screenings from Eyes on the Prize and What We Want, What We Believe – (Newsreel & documentary footage of the Black Panther Party) pictured – Chicago police carrying the body of Fred Hampton A Nation of Law? (1968-71) Black activism is increasingly met with…
Films
Category: Films
-
-
Film screenings from Eyes on the Prize. The Promised Land (1967-68) Martin Luther King stakes out new ground for himself and the rapidly fragmenting civil rights movement. One year before his death, he publicly opposes the war in Vietnam. His Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)…
-
Film screenings from Eyes on the Prize and What We Want, What We Believe – (Newsreel & documentary footage of the Black Panther Party) Through contemporary interviews and historical footage, Eyes on the Prize traces the civil rights movement from the Montgomery bus boycott to…
-
Directed by Stanley Kramer Chained to each other, two escaped cons — one black/one white – battle the elements and each other. Daring for its time, made at the height of racial conflict in America. Starring Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis. GROUNDBREAKING…Austin Chronicle. Oscars: Best…
-
Directed by Tom Thurman Fascinating documentary explores films by African-Americans that offered non-stereotypical portraits of their lives in America between 1915 and 1945. Rare and revealing. $5 Suggested Donation