Wed 1 Feb 2012 - 8: pm
Brooklyn, NY
Kings County Cinema Society kicks off
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Park Slope film archivist Movie Mike and the Black Film Preservation Society’s Walter Taylor present rarely-seen 16mm film on the big screen. We must keep a historical perspective when viewing this stuff, using film as time travel to visit our cultural past. We’ll experience social, cultural and political attitudes that time forgot! To understand where we are now, we must see where we have been.
Show includes Mike’s reel of politically-incorrect Race Cartoons and Walter’s reel of Hollywood clips titled Great Ladies of Jazz, which is chock full of choice vocals.
Your jaw will drop for Ramar of the Jungle, a 1950s TV adventure. How many felonies does the hero commit against the natives? You count ‘em! We’ll wrap with a performance film of standup comedy by Richard Pryor.
If you are sensitive, some this stuff will hurt your feelings. Try to remember, history is not what we wish it to be, it is what it is, and it ain’t cute!