Chico and Rita
Wed., Oct. 5, 7pm ICE Lawndale 10 Adm: $6.00 3330 W Roosevelt Rd Thurs., Oct. 6, 7pm ICE Chatham 14 Adm: $6.00 210 W 87th Street
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Sat., Dec 11, 7pm, Chameleon Street
CHAMELEON STREET is a 1989 independent film written by, directed, and starring Wendell B. Harris, Jr.. It tells the story of a social chameleon who impersonates reporters, doctors, and lawyers in order to make money.
Sun, Nov 21, 3pm, Online Screening, Black WWII Vet, John Kitzmiller in Valley of Peace(Slovenia, 1957) Best Actor Cannes Film Festival
Sun, Nov 21, 3pm Admission: Suggested donation $10.00 Online at Watchbeem.com https://watchbeem.com/cowatch/valley-of-peace-1956 Valley of Peace (Dolina Miru) Slovenia, 1957 Valley of Peace (Slovene: Dolina miru) is a 1956 Yugoslavian (Slovenian) war film directed by France Štiglic. It was in competition at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, where John Kitzmiller received the Best Actor award for […]
Sun, Oct 10, 3pm, Top of The Heap (1972), Chris St John in Person!
October 10, 3pm, 2021 Top of The Heap (1972) Christopher St. John • Drama • 94m Free Screening & Discussion: Register Now With much akin to Abel Ferrara’s “Bad Lieutenant” with striking similarities, Top of the Heap is a 1972 American drama film directed by and starring Christopher St. John.[2] It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated […]
Sun, Sep 26, 3pm, Depicting Revolution: ICE (1969)
“An underground revolutionary group struggles against internal strife to stage urban guerilla attacks against a fictionalized fascist regime in the United States. Interspersed throughout the narrative are rhetorical sequences that explain the philosophy of radical action and restrain the melodrama inherent in the thriller genre.”
Sept 12, 3pm, Black Militancy in Cinema:
The Final Comedown (1972)
Black Militancy and Revolution in Cinema Sept 12, 3pm, 2021 The Final Comedown (1972) Oscar Williams, 1hr 23m Free Screening & Discussion: Register Now The Final Comedown is a 1972 film, considered “blaxploitation,” written, produced and directed by Oscar Williams, starring Billy Dee Williams and D’Urville Martin. Based on the 1967 play by Jimmy Garret, […]
August 28, 3pm, Depicting Black Militancy: Intruder in the Dust (1949)
Depicting Black Militancy August 29, 3pm, 2021 Intruder in the Dust (1949) Clarence Brown, 1h 27m Register for Free Online Screening and Discussion Lucas Beauchamp (Juano Hernandez) is a strong, proud African-American man accused of murder in 1940s small-town Mississippi. As the town’s white residents prepare to lynch him, a teenage boy named Chick (Claude […]
July 18, 3pm, The Informer (1935) directed by John Ford.
July 18, 3pm, Free Online The Informer (1935) John Ford, 1hr 31m https://watchbeem.com/cowatch/the-informer-1935 Panelist : Aodh Ó Coileáin (Hugh), Billy Ché Brooks Forcefully and intelligently written, directed, and acted, John Ford’s The Informer deals with the Irish rebellion against British authority prior to 1922, when the creation of the Irish Free State finally removed the […]