This short film looks at six significant events in African-American history that all occurred on that date in different years. Commissioned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to commemorate the museum's opening, the film screens daily at the museum.
The other films shown within The Color Line: African American Agency in Cultural Representation
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Tribute to Malcolm X
Madeline Anderson IFFR 2018 15′A commemoration of the four-year anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X.
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Malcolm X Liberation University
St. Clair Bourne IFFR 2018 10′The 1960s black student movement at Duke University evolved into a separate institution to study and engage with the history and culture of the African diaspora.
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To Be Free
Adepero Oduye IFFR 2018 13′In a tiny after-hours club, Nina Simone finds a way, for one moment, to be free.
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Didn't We Ramble On
Billy Jackson IFFR 2018 14′Documentary about the tradition of marching bands in African-American culture.
- Filmmaker
- Ava DuVernay
- Premiere
- European premiere
- Country
- USA
- Year
- 2016
- Medium
- File
- Length
- 22’
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Ava DuVernay, Paul Games
- Sales
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)