Reframing Race Movies: Oscar Micheaux and His Audiences:
February 4, 2010,
4 PM-6:30 PM
Film scholar and author Pearl Bowser will discuss Oscar Micheaux—the most prolific African-American filmmaker to date and a filmmaking giant of the silent period. Both artist and showman, Micheaux stirred controversy in his time as he confronted issues such as lynching, miscegenation, peonage and white supremacy, passing and corruption among black clergymen.
Presentation followed by Screening of Body and Soul; dir. by Oscar Micheaux, 1925, starring Paul Robeson. (102 min.) With live piano accompaniment by Suzanne Knosp, Professor of Dance/Music Director for Dance, University of Arizona School of Dance
University of Arizona, Hosclaw Hall, 100A, 1017 N Olive Road, N Tucson, AZ 85721
Print courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art.
Contact Hanson Film Institute program director Victoria Westover at:
520-626-9825.
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