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Feb 1, 2018 · For Black History Month, we have selected 28 essential films from the 20th century pertaining to African-American experiences.
Sep 28, 2023 · While looking to the future, 28 Days, 28 Films celebrates the journey so far. Explore these celebrated films, available via the Film & Video Collection , below. 28 Films to explore during Black History Month
- Meghann Matwichuk
- 2016
- “Within Our Gates” (1920) and “Body and Soul” (1925) Director: Oscar Micheaux. No better place to kick off 28 Days of Black Film History than with pioneer Oscar Micheaux.
- “Hell-Bound Train” (1930) and “Heaven-Bound Traveler” (1935) Directors: James and Eloyce Gist. James and Eloyce Gist were African American evangelists who used film as a means of preaching to their traveling ministry.
- “The Blood of Jesus” (1941) and “Dirty Gertie From Harlem USA” (1946) Director: Spencer Williams. Following in the faith-based filmmaking of James and Eloyce Gist, “The Blood of Jesus” also served up a religious tale that crossed into surreal territory complete with a devil and an angel fighting over a dying woman’s soul, and Christ speaking from the cross.
- “Integration Report 1” (1960), “A Tribute to Malcolm X” (1967), “I Am Somebody” (1970) Director: Madeline Anderson. I had wanted to find Black filmmakers from every decade but I couldn’t find any of note in the 1950s.
28 Days is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by Betty Thomas and written by Susannah Grant. Sandra Bullock stars as Gwen Cummings, a newspaper columnist obliged to enter rehabilitation for alcoholism. The film costars Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Elizabeth Perkins, Azura Skye, Steve Buscemi, and Diane Ladd.
Jun 27, 2003 · 28 Days Later: Directed by Danny Boyle. With Alex Palmer, Bindu De Stoppani, Jukka Hiltunen, David Schneider. Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
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Gimme Shelter. A pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative.
