Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Another "Black Experience in Film" night


Now that we've finished 31 Days of Oscar for another year, it's time to return to the regular programming themes on TCM. This first night of regular programming in March brings us a one-night spotlight of movies presented by the African-American Film Critics Association. This time the theme is on documentaries, and while I'm assuming the night is hosted by a couple of the critics who presented the movies in the month-long spotlight a few years back, TCM's page on the night doesn't say which critics are hosting.

There are four documentaries listed on the TCM site, with the night concluding with another related short that I'm guessing isn't being hosted by the critics since it's not mentioned.

The night kicks off at 8:00 PM with Freedom on My Mind, looking back at black voter registration in Mississippi in the 1960s.
Then, at 10:00 PM, there's Crisis, about the desegregation of the University of Alabama over George Wallace's strenuous objection.
At 11:30 PM there's Say Amen, Somebody, a history of black gospel music.
Finally, at 1:30 AM, you can see You Got to Move, which tells of the Highlander Folk School and its role in Black southern culture.

I think TCM ran I Am Somebody (3:15 AM) back in January as part of a night of movies that were added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, telling of a nurses' strike in South Carolina.

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