This February, we’re screening a selection of titles celebrating Black filmmakers and actors spanning fifty years of comedy, action, drama, and documentary features.
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Black Film History Screenings
Resilience Rising: Echoes of Owyhee
In the corner of Oregon balancing the border of Idaho, nestled among the rugged terrain of the Owyhee Canyonlands, a group of five black leaders embarked on a journey that would not only deepen their understanding of the environment but also ignite a fervor for both environmental advocacy and racial justice. Screening followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
New Jack City
In Mario Van Peebles's feature directorial debut, a crime lord (Wesley Snipes) ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective (Ice-T) vows to stop him.
Keanu (2016)
When the adorable kitten of an L.A. crime kingpin unexpectedly enters the life of two cousins (Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele), they will have to go through tough gangs, pitiless hit-men, and ruthless drug dealers who all claim him, to get him back.
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind. Staring Jimmie Fails, who wrote the semi-autobiographical story with his childhood friend, director Joe Talbot.
If Beale Street Could Talk
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit. Directed by Barry Jenkins and based on James Baldwin's 1974 novel.
