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- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Sep 14 2020
- Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Register for the 5-week course, “Black Movies, American Lives”
In this time of racial reckoning, The Porch Magazine invites you to join Melvin Bray and Gareth Higgins for a cross-racial exploration of stories that have shaped our understanding of the American experience.
Register for their new 5-week course “Black Movies, American Lives” at ThePorchCourses.com. Get 25% off this particular course with promo code KINETICS.
See you at the movies!
Course Syllabus
In Consideration of American Heroes… HARRIET* and MALCOLM X
September 14th, 7-8:30pm Eastern Time
We explore the depictions of two historic figures without whom the promise of America would ring hollow to many, if not most, Black people.
In Consideration of American Dreams… BOYZ N THE HOOD and QUEEN & SLIM
September 21st, 7-8:30pm Eastern Time
We explore two stories of dreams deferred for Black Americans, a reality so persistent as to feel almost inescapable even in Black filmmakers’ dreams.
In Consideration of American Beauty… MOONLIGHT and MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
September 28th, 7-8:30pm Eastern Time
We explore the power of visual representation and what happens when those behind the lens truly love Blackness.
In Consideration of the American Work Ethic… LOVE & BASKETBALL and HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE
October 5th, 7-8:30pm Eastern Time
We explore the labor of love so common to Black filmmaking that it finds itself a recurrent theme in front of the camera as well.
In Consideration of American Ingenuity… SORRY TO BOTHER YOU and SEE YOU YESTERDAY
October 12th, 7-8:30pm Eastern Time
We explore the work of Afro(American)futurism and the desire to tell fantastic stories neither constrained by nor disconnected from the past and present.
*Films will be watched online on various streaming platforms (Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Criterion Channel and others). Where available, we will provide links to at least three options for watching. Cost will be between $2.99 to $5.99 per film; and if free versions are legally available, we will also provide a link to that version.
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