Friday
11 December
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New Haven
WITHIN OUR GATES—Treasures from the Yale Film ArchiveWITHIN OUR GATES—Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
The oldest known surviving film made by an African-American director, Oscar Micheaux's WITHIN OUR GATES is presented with live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin.
The 1920 film tells the story of Sylvia Landry (Evelyn Preer), a young teacher from the South raising money for a rural school for black children. The film’s depiction of the brutal lynching of Sylvia's father led to much of the most controversial material being removed shortly after its release, and for many years the film was thought lost. In the late 1970s, Thomas Cripps located a version of the film in a Spanish film archive under the title LA NEGRA, and film scholar Scott Simmon worked with the Library of Congress to restore the film, using Spanish intertitles translated back into English while matching the style and design of other films by Micheaux. The 35mm Yale Film Archive print was made by the Library of Congress from their new preservation negative.
A presentation of the Yale Film Study Center and Films at the Whitney with support from Paul L. Joskow, '70 M.Phil, '72 Ph.D.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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