African History Month Films: Black Power!

SCREENINGS TUESDAYS AT 8 PM. FREE ADMISSION

5 February - The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Göran Olsson, Sweden, 2011, 100 minutes. Frank interviews and footage of major post-Martin Luther King African-American figures such as Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael and Bobby Seale, conducted by sympathetic Swedes for European broadcast, make for an astonishing time capsule and blast of hidden history. 

12 February - Story of a 3-Day Pass

Melvin Van Peebles, France, 1967, 87 minutes. The first feature directed by an African-American man in 40 years, Van Peebles’ debut feature is a New Wave dazzler about an American serviceman on a weekend pass in France battling racism and finding love.

19 February - Putney Swope

Robert Downey Sr., USA, 1969, 84 minutes. When the only Black employee of a Madison Avenue ad firm is left in charge, he hires Black activists to remake the advertising world. Think Mad Men taken over by the Black Panthers and you might get the idea behind this truly subversive satire. 

26 February - I Will Follow

Ava DuVernay, USA, 2011, 80 minutes. A rare indie feature breakout written and directed by an African-American woman, I Will Follow gently tells the tale of a grieving woman who is helped to move on by 12 friends.