Celebrating Black Voices In Cinema

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Join Montclair Film and The Clairidge as we showcase African American stories in film through screenings and discussions all month long.


WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA
Opens Friday, February 4


BODY AND SOUL (1925)
One Screening Only!
Friday, February 11 at Cinema505
Followed by a discussion with artist and lecturer Onnie Strother
Presented in Partnership with the Montclair Public Library


THE GIRL FROM CHICAGO (1932)
One Screening Only!
Friday, February 18 at Cinema505
Followed by a discussion with local historian Betty Holloway
Presented in Partnership with the Montclair Public Library


WHY IS WE AMERICANS?
Opens Friday, February 18
Q&A with co-director Udi Aloni to follow the FREE Community Screening on Saturday, February 19
Presented in Partnership with the Montclair African-American Heritage Foundation


MAURICE HINES: BRING THEM BACK
One Screening Only!
Saturday, February 20
Followed by a Q&A with director/producer John Carluccio and writer/producer Tracey E. Hopkins
Presented in Partnership with Out Montclair 50+


SWING (1938)
One Screening Only!
Friday, February 25 at Cinema505
Followed by a discussion with Onnie Strother and Betty Holloway
Presented in Partnership with the Montclair Public Library

Featured Films in this Series:

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Eraserhead (1977)

January 24

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.

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Mulholland Drive (2001)

January 26

An aspiring actress seeking fame in the City of Angels comes upon a strange woman battling amnesia after a car crash.

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The Thinking Game

February 2

THE THINKING GAME takes you on a journey into the heart of DeepMind, one of the world’s leading AI labs, as it strives to unravel the mysteries of artificial general intelligence (AGI).

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Reel Rock 19

March 20

Immerse yourself in three gripping new climbing films from across the globe.

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The Girl with the Needle

January 24 - 30

A newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency.

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