BLACK FACE(S) IN FILM - Now Through Feb 28
BLACK FACE(S) IN FILM:
An Exhibit of Items from the Givens Collection of African American Literature
January 5-February 28
at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L. Andersen Library
221 21st Ave. S.
FREE and open to the public.
Call (612) 624-3855 for gallery hours.
Once upon a time, blackface on the movie screen was more common than an actual Black face. Now, the sight of Black actors no longer surprises us. We're used to Denzel Washington portraying heroes and Halle Berry playing the love interest of both White and Black men. But stereotypes still exist on the screen. Blackface(s) in Film highlights items from the Givens Collection, including movie scripts, photographs, and film press kits that celebrate film pioneers like directors Oscar Micheaux and Spike Lee, and actors Sidney Poitier and Eartha Kitt. The exhibit includes a screenplay Alice Walker wrote for the film The Color Purple; screenplays for Carmen Jones and Stormy Weather; and press kits for Spike Lee and Gordon Parks films.