Tuesday, October 2, 2012
7:00 p.m. Introduced by Leigh Raiford. An African American woman living away from her family in Los Angeles yearns to be recognized for more than her physical attributes. With short films exploring personal and social change: Cycles (Zeinabu irene Davis), Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification (Barbara McCullough), and Grey Area (Monona Wali). (112 mins)
Beginning in the late 1960s, a number of promising African and African American students entered the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, recruited under a concerted initiative to be more responsive to various communities of color. From that first class through the late 1980s these filmmakers were the first to forge a sustained alternative black cinema practice in the United States. They created fascinating, provocative, and visionary films that have earned an impressive array of awards and accolades at festivals around the world, and have blazed new paths into the commercial market.
"A priceless cinematic time capsule."—LA Weekly
Tickets: $5.50 for BAM/PFA members, UC Berkeley Students; $9.50 for Adults; $6.50 for UC Berkeley faculty, non UCB students, seniors, youth, and disabled
