Film
Baldwin's Nigger + My Childhood Part 2: James Baldwin's Harlem
Mon, Aug 19, 2013
- 7PM
LOCATION:
RUN TIME: 76min
GENERAL ADMISSION: $13
MEMBERS: $8
STUDENTS/SENIORS:
$9 (Students 29 and under with a valid ID, Mon—Thu)
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Q&A with Darryl Pinckney & Rich Blint
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August 2013
Monday August 19, 2013
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In these two short films, literary titan James Baldwin explores the perils of false consciousness and his coming of age in Harlem.
Baldwin’s Nigger (1968)
Directed by Horace Ové
RUN TIME: 46min
FORMAT: 16mm archival print
RUN TIME: 46min
FORMAT: 16mm archival print
James Baldwin and the comedian-activist Dick Gregory speak to a group of radical West Indian students about everything from the current state of the movement to the perils of false consciousness.
My Childhood Part 2: James Baldwin’s Harlem (1964)
Directed by Arthur Barron
RUN TIME: 30min
FORMAT: 16mm archival print
RUN TIME: 30min
FORMAT: 16mm archival print
Baldwin narrates a tour of Harlem, chronicling how the neighborhood shaped his identity and his political and moral coming of age.
Talks
Q&A
with Darryl Pinckney and Rich Blint
Screening will be followed by a Q&A with author Darryl Pinckney and scholar Rich Blint.