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January 20, 2020 By kathy

Within Our Gates

You can read the program essay for our 2016 screening of Within Our Gates here “I have always tried to make my photoplays present the truth, to lay before the Race a cross-section of its own life, to view the Colored heart from close range. It is only by presenting those portions of the Race … [Read more...] about Within Our Gates

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January 16, 2020 By kathy

Peter Pan

Sir James Matthew Barrie wrote numerous books and plays, but he is best remembered for Peter Pan. Born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, on May 9, 1860, he began his writing career as a journalist, and, by the turn of the century he was a well-known playwright. Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, … [Read more...] about Peter Pan

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January 15, 2020 By kathy

Maciste all’inferno

Between 1909 and 1914, the Italian film industry produced an average of 500 films per year. In contrast to the self-made moguls of American studios, Italian production companies were headed by cultivated members of the aristocracy, who made films based on historical, biblical, or mythological … [Read more...] about Maciste all’inferno

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January 15, 2020 By kathy

It

You can read the program essay for our 2005 screening of It here Looking at Clara Bow and the era that made her famous, it seems inevitable that she led the life she did. The daughter of an estranged, unloving father and an abusive mother, she escaped into the dream life of a Hollywood film star … [Read more...] about It

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