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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His Three Daughters

August 15

This tense, touching, and funny portrait of family dynamics follows three estranged sisters as they converge in a New York apartment to care for their ailing father and try to mend their own broken relationship with one another.

 

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An American in Paris (1951)

August 31 & September 3

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

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Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)

August 24 & 27

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

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Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

August 17 & 20

A poor little boy wins a ticket to visit the inside of a mysterious and magical chocolate factory.

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Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

August 10 & 13

A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his “farewell” television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.

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