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Black Cinema Trailers 1946-76
Co-curated by Jenni Olson and the late Black gay activist Karl Knapper, this entertaining showcase of vintage movie trailers traces the evolution of African American cinema through its most crucial period, 1952-1976. Filled with insights on race and social dynamics, this fascinating compendium of coming attractions explores an extensive range of stylistic approaches—Blaxploitation, Comedy, Music Bio, Plantation Drama and more—offering an outrageous joyride through motion picture history. Beyond mere camp, these marvelously condensed gems crystallize a range of African American identities and personalities, tracking the meteoric careers of Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Pam Grier and others through their bold performances in movies both hugely popular and practically forgotten. Afro Promo provides a compact glimpse at the representation of African Americans through twenty-five dynamic years of American cinema history.
Sidney Poitier
Self (archive footage)
James Earl Jones
Self (archive footage)
Billy Dee Williams
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor
Self (archive footage)
Pam Grier
Self (archive footage)
Jenni Olson
Director
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
The Pixar Story
Vivement Truffaut
James Dean: Rebel Generation
Handbook of Movie Theaters' History
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
42nd Street Forever, Volume 5: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Round About Hollywood
Hollywood Hobbies
Made in Hollywood
Cine São Paulo
Cocaine: History Between the Lines
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Watch the Tempo
Thriller 40
John Candy: I Like Me
Being James Bond
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
42 Up
Spielberg
Beastie Boys Story
That's Entertainment!
This Is It
Maria by Callas
Sidney
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
I Am Ali
Being Eddie
Tongues Untied
Love, Marilyn
Heart of a Dog
Fuck
Sherman's March
BRATS
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