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Posted: **Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:54 pm**

On February 1, 2018, the NY Times ran 28 Days, 28 Films for Black History Month https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... month.html

Enjoy. As you can imagine, not all are joyful.

Intruder in the Dust

Adapted from William Faulkner’s novel and shot mostly in Faulkner’s hometown, Oxford, Miss., this is in many ways an earnest exercise in Hollywood liberalism. The ordeal of a black farmer falsely accused of murder — and in danger of being lynched — becomes a test for the consciences of the town’s decent white people (all three of them).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBsFmdn0UeA

Dirty Gerty From Harlem U.S.A.

If Francine Everett — the charming and vivacious star of this all-black drama — had been born decades later, she might have been a name everyone remembers. Here, she plays Gertie La Rue, who arrives on a Caribbean island to sing, dance, flirt and give life to the stereotypical role of the dangerously free woman. Gertie has man troubles, a cliché that is soon eclipsed by this low-budget film’s virtues, including its behind-the-scenes show-people realism and sympathetic portrait of a woman at ease with herself and her desires.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64HY3zj4XY8

Two great shorts:

Duke Ellington in Black and Tan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISr0bTVCHto

Bessie Smith in St. Louis Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIWkANToPA

Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:46 pm**

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/1 ... -monk.html

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2018 11:39 pm**

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Posted: **Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:35 pm**

https://youtu.be/HaZOXF83zBg
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Posted: **Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:01 am**

On December 14, 1937, the day after Japanese soldiers entered Nanjing, a crew led by producer Matsuzaki Keiji, under the guidance of the Military Special Affairs Department, entered the city. Its mission: to document the transition to Japanese rule in the Nationalist capital.

The next day they began shooting a documentary film, Nanjing [Nanking] that presents the battle as framed by the Japanese high command.

Posted: **Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:17 pm**

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