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July 22nd, 2008 edition of The Daily Sauce: Entertainment. Visit Our Entertainment Archive.

Black History on the Big Screen

We’re still reeling from the Blackworld History Museum’s current exhibit, which delivers both an artistic and historic bang for your buck by bringing together more than 40 film posters, ranging from D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation to Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever.

“You can gauge where society was through these film posters,” said the museum’s deputy director Erika D. Neal. “You can see how the images change and recognize the social issues of the time.”

In conjunction with the exhibit, delve into weekly installments of the Family Film Festival. This Saturday, for example, will feature Tapestry of Shadows, which unveils the complicated aftermath of a neighborhood shooting; the screening is preceded by a discussion from local filmmaker David Martyn Conley. The following Saturdays deliver Daughters of the Dust (Aug. 2), film shorts from Washington University’s Dr. Denise Ward Brown (Aug. 9), and The Wiz (Aug. 16).

What: Imaging Blackness, 1915-2002: Film Posters from the Indiana University Black Film Center/Archive and the related Family Film Festival
When: Exhibit: Tue. to Sat. – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Through Aug. 16.); Films: Saturdays through Aug. 16 – 6 p.m.
Where: Blackworld History Museum, 2505 St. Louis Ave., St. Louis
Cost: Exhibit: $5 for adults, $4 for youth (ages 13 to 17), $3.50 for elders (65 and over), $2.50 for children (12 and under); Films: $10 for adults, free for children under 12 (Children must be accompanied by an adult. Limit two children per adult.) Prepaid reservations are required.
Info: 314.241.7057

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