Film
The Spook Who Sat By the Door
- 4:30PM
- 9:30PM
Arguably one of the most radical, anti-white-supremacy statements in film history, this explosive adaptation of the novel by Sam Greenlee follows a disillusioned black CIA agent (Cook) who goes rogue and uses his specialized training to build a guerrilla army intent on government overthrow. So potent is the film’s call to revolution that for decades all prints of it were suppressed by the FBI.
9:30pm screening, Intro by Kazembe Balagun (Writer, activist, and project manager for the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office)
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