Daily Archives: February 9, 2012

Feb9

FILM SCREENING | COLLECTED: Film Series Public Event for Museum of the African Diaspora

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FILM SCREENING | COLLECTED: Film Series Public Event for Museum of the African Diaspora
    • Friday
    • 4:00pm until 6:00pm
  • Pinky (1949, 101 min., directed by Elia Kazan)

    The various cultural artifacts on display in COLLECTED: Stories of Acquisition and Reclamation encourage reflection on their impact and to look at them with new eyes. We are pleased to present a companion film series made up of features and shorts from earlier eras (1930s-1950′s) and from the Hollywood industry, as well as the low budget “race movies” genre made especially for Black audiences. Movie posters from some of the films are displayed as part of the COLLECTED exhibition.

    Pinky, a young nurse (Jeanne Crain), returns to her small southern hometown, but the trip is a bittersweet one: Educated in the North, pinky is engaged to a doctor who doesn’t know that she is part black. Shunned by both blacks and whites, Pinky’s choices make her the unfortunate target of bigotry in this compelling classic. This deeply moving drama features three indelible Oscar-nominated performances from Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters.

    Exhibition programs generously supported by Do A Little Fund and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation

    Free with MoAD Admission.

685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Feb9

” A Celebration of Black History through film at the Oakland City Hall

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” A Celebration of Black History through film at the Oakland City Hall
    • Friday at 6:00pm until Friday, March 2, 2012 at 10:00pm
  • “A Celebration of Black History Month Through Film” sponsored by Vice Mayor Desley Brooks, Rocky Seker, and Black Cinema At Large. Black films every Friday in February from 6-10pm and the first Friday in March, March 2nd. Admission is FREE. Q&A panels after every film. These films are normally not accessible to the general public.

    Opening reception and live music on February 3rd, where a proclamation will be given to the Producer of “Make a Movie Like Spike”, who grew up in Oakland.

    February 3rd: “Make a Movie Like Spike” (Soon to be titled “The American Dream”)
    http://www.littleplowfilms.com/projects/
    We are spotlighting The Oakland Underground Film Festival

    February 10th: “The Interrupters”
    http://interrupters.kartemquin.com/
    Spotlighting The Black Futurist Film Series

    February 17th: “Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone”
    http://fishbonedocumentary.com/
    Spotlighting Fist Up! Film Series

    February 24th “Redemption Road” (Formerly Titled Red, Black, And Blues)
    http://www.redemptionroadmovie.com/
    Spotlighting Oakland International Film Festival

    March 2nd “White Scripts, Black Supermen” (Formerly Shaft Vs. Sidney Poitier)
    http://blacksuperherodoc.com/
    Spotlighting Black Cinema At Large

    Free food and drink at all events.

    For more information please email blackhistoryfilmcelebration@gmail.com or go to http://oaklandcityhallblackhistoryfilmseries.wordpress.com/

    IF YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER CITY YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU CAN’T MAKE IT: PLEASE JUST SHARE THE EVENT WITH YOUR BLACK INDIE FILM LOVING PEOPLE IN THE BAY AREA…IT TAKES A VILLAGE! BAY AREA FOLKS–PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND SHARE THIS EVENT…INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AD ASSOCIATES.
Oakland City Hall Council Chambers
1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA