Cinema and History

Oppressions: the Afro-American struggle for civil rights in genre cinema

The ‘’Cinema and History” selection presents various outlooks on the seventh art. Selected for their aesthetic value and the important historical events they explore, the films in this category are presented by historians and critics.

The six films in the OPPRESSIONS selection examine the manner genre films seized the Afro-American struggle for civil rights in the United States, with a rare film by Ivan Dixon, The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973, on a 35mm film from a private collection), Spike Lee’s second film, a musical titled School Daze (1988) and the recent Get Out by Jordan Peele (2017).

In collaboration with Adrienne Boutang and Mélanie Boissonneau.

 

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Spencer Williams

1931
10'
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Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

Spencer Williams

1946
1h05
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Born in Flames

Lizzie Borden

1983
1h20
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School Daze

Spike Lee

1988
2h01
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Candyman

Bernard Rose

1992
1h39
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Get Out

Jordan Peele

2016
1h44
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