| DOUBLE EXPOSURE: African American History on Film |
An interdisciplinary film series that examines, through important documentary and narrative films, discussion and guest speakers the significant issues, events and figures that have shaped and defined African-American history. Members of the general public are encouraged to attend this OPEN CLASSROON format series of films and presentations. The series is co-sponsored by the Social Sciences/History Program at Daytona State College and scheduled in conjunction with AMH 2091 (SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY). The program is led by Professor Len Lempel. Free Admission. Sorry - no popcorn.
THURSDAYS AT 6:00 PM
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February 18, 2010 6:00 pm
There is a River (Episode 1 of This Far by Faith)
(Doc) Dir. Walker/Blackside/ITS (USA, 2003) 60 mins.
"There is a River" explores the evolution of African-American religious thought, from the beliefs and rituals Africans brought to America to the influence of Christian teachings imposed on slaves in the new world. It charts the development of underground churches, and attempts by slaves and free blacks to unify the black community.
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February 25, 2010 6:00 pm
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
(Drama) Dir. Korty (USA, 1972) 110 mins.
This epic saga chronicles 110 years of American history as seen through the eyes of a black woman from Louisiana; from the time of her childhood as a slave in the pre-Civil War South to 1962, when she witnesses the birth of the civil rights movement. Cecily Tyson gives a career performance as the title character, whose personal life is inextricably woven into the fabric of the African American struggle for equality. A mixture of the sentimental and the unflinching, this is the kind of educational experience that fully engages a viewer. |
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March 4, 2010 6:00 pm
Glory
(Drama) Dir. Zwick (USA, 1989) 122 mins.
Glory was the first major Hollywood film to acknowledge the vital contribution of African American soldiers to the country's historic struggle in the Civil War. Based on the books Lay This Laurel, by Lincoln Kirstein, and One Gallant Rush, by Peter Burchard, and the wartime letters of Robert Gould Shaw, the film tells the story of the 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, an all-black unit comprising Northern freemen and escaped slaves. Glory achieves its powerful impact by meticulously setting up the terrible conditions under which these neglected soldiers fought, and by illuminating the tenacity of the human spirit from the oppression of slavery to the hard-won recognition of battlefield heroism. The film is now recognized by historians and critics as a classic film of its genre.
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March 11, 2010 6:00 pm
Redemption: The Rosewood Legacy
(Doc) Tuggle/Wasson/ Brunelle/UF (USA, 1994) 28 mins.
Special Guest and Presenter: Dr. Maxine Jones, Professor of History at Florida State University. (author of A Documented History of the Incident Which Occurred at Rosewood, Florida in 1923) (1993) (with Colburn, Dye and Rogers).
This documentary tells the true story of the events in 1923 that occurred in African-American town of Rosewood, Florida after a white woman unjustly accused a black man of rape. Fueled by anger and racism, an angry white mob burned down the town and massacred its inhabitants. |
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March 25, 2010 6:00 pm
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
(Doc) Dir. Greaves (USA, 1989) 53 mins.
A Passion for Justice documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of Ida B. Wells, the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Born into slavery in a small town in Mississippi, the fiercely independent Wells became a schoolteacher, a journalist and led a life-long crusade against racism and sexism. |
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April 1, 2010 6:00 pm
A Soldier’s Story
(Drama) Dir. Jewison (USA, 1984) 101 mins.
Director Norman Jewison's 1984 adaptation of Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play explores the ramifications of racism and loyalty through the prism of blacks in the military, revealed through a murder mystery set in the 1940’s deep South. A military investigator is assigned to solve the murder of a black platoon drill instructor. Under pressure from his superiors to wrap the case up quickly, the investigator delves deeply into the relationships between the despised drill instructor and his men; uncovering lies and animosity, and confronting the question of what it means to be black in a white man's world. This is a powerfully written story that makes the most of its large and impressive ensemble cast. A Soldier's Story is a deeply affecting and worthwhile film. |
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April 8, 2010 6:00 pm
Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore
(Doc) Dir. Dickson/Roberts (USA, 2000) 86 mins.
Special Guest Presenter: Juanita Moore, daughter of Harry T. Moore.
On Christmas night 1951, Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette retired to bed in their white frame house tucked inside a small orange grove in Mims, Florida. Ten minutes later, a bomb shattered their house, their lives, and any notions that the South’s post-war transition to racial equality would be a smooth one. Harry Moore died that night, his wife nine days later. Harry T. Moore paved the way for the ‘60s civil rights movement by championing equal pay for black teachers, organizing the black vote and publicly condemning racist attitudes and actions of local, state and national officials. Despite a massive FBI investigation and repeated inquisitions, the murders of Harry and Harriette Moore have never been solved.
"Florida's dark past is detailed in this beautifully filmed, sobering and deeply moving profile." — GIST-TV |
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April 22, 2010 6:00 pm
Boycott
(Drama) Dir. Johnson (USA, 2001) 118 mins.
One woman refuses to give up her seat in a "whites only" section of a public bus. The bus stops. The city stops. The world stops. December 1st 1955, Montgomery Alabama - a time when resentment gives birth to rebellion; when a gesture has the power to bring about change. This single act by Rosa Parks that started as a one-day protest of unfair bus laws turned into the 381-day boycott that gave birth to the Civil Rights Movement and made a leader of Martin Luther King Jr. Boycott is the explosive telling of this story. |
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April 29, 2010 6:00 pm
When the Levees Broke
(Doc) Dir. Spike Lee (USA, 2006) 256 mins.
One year after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, director Spike Lee released a four-part chronicle recounting, through words and images, one of the most profound natural disasters in American history. In addition to revisiting the hours leading up to the arrival of Hurricane Katrina before it hit the coast of Louisiana, When the Levees Broke tells the personal stories of those who lived to tell about it, at the same time exploring the underbelly of a nation where the divide along race and class lines has never been more pronounced.
When the Levees Broke is the definitive document of the unmitigated disaster that was, and is, Hurricane Katrina. It's also a contemporary manifestation of an ancient tradition: an oral history, told by the people who lived it, with no narration and only the occasional use of archival cable and broadcast news footage in addition to Lee's own film. |
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May 6, 2010 6:00 pm
A Huey P. Newton Story
(Doc) Dir. Spike Lee (USA, 2001) 95 mins.
A Huey P. Newton Story is an intimate portrait of Huey P. Newton, the late co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Adapted from Robert Guenveur Smith's Obie Award winning off-Broadway solo performance of the same name, director Spike Lee brings the play from the stage to the screen. Shot before a live audience, the film uses a mixture of film and archival footage to capture Newton's "inner mind." |
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