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Announcement:
 
 
 
The Smithsonian Institute's Program in African American Culture presents:
 
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100 YEARS OF BLACK FILM: IMAGING AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE, HISTORY AND CULTURE
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From Wednesday, February 1 through Saturday, February 4 at the Museum of
Natural History, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW. Washington, DC.
 
[Co-sponsored by Ethnic Imagery Project of the Archives Center of the
 National Museum of American History, The Black Film Institute of the
 University of the District of Columbia, Black Film Review magazine]
 
The conference is free and open to the public, however, registration is
required.  Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve
basis.  Mail registration forms may be sent to:
 
    Smithsonian Institute
    National Museum of American History
    Programs in African American Culture
    Room 1015, MRC 607
    Washington, DC 20560
 
Call
    202/357-2700 for more information or (TTY)
    202/357-1729 (Mon.-Sat. 9-4)
 
or fax to: 202/357-1853
 
or email to: [log in to unmask]
 
 
                 REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 20, 1995
 
 
There are 12 panel sessions planned over the four-day conference.  A
partial list of panel participants includes:
 
Orlando Bagwell         Toni Cade Bambara       Donald Bogle
Jacqueline Bobo         India Cooke             Dr. Thomas Cripps
Dr. Manthia Diawara     Carl Erickson           Dr. Gloria Gibson-Hudson
William Greaves         Ed Guerrero             Clarence Lusane
Michelle Parkerson      Mark A. Reid            Dr. Jesse Rhines
Clyde Taylor            Pam Thomas              Dr. Craig Watkins
Mary Watkins
 
In addition, there will be selected film screenings and performances
including a screening of a recently restored version of Oscar Micheaux's
WITHIN OUR GATES (1919) with a musical accompaniment by India Cooke and
Mary Watkins.
 
Session titles (in order)
 
1-Hollywood Exposed: Black Scrutiny of the Film Industry
2-Survey of 100 Years of Blacks in Film
3-Race and Representation: The Political and Social Context
    of Black Film Images
4-Pioneering Efforts: The Early Black Independents
5-Found Treasures: Films of the Past
6-From Music to Message: Shifts in Black Cinematic Expression
    in the 1940's and 1950's
7-Making It Real: Eight Decades of Black Documentary Film
8-Blaxploitation and Its Discontents
9-Selling Our Souls: Blaxploitation Revisited
10-Cinema of Emergence and Protest: New Independent Film Makers
11-New Black Cinema Wave and Beyond
12-Black Alternatives to the Hollywood Mainstream: The Rise of
    Independents
 
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REGISTRATION FORM
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100 YEARS OF BLACK FILM
To register, complete and return this form.  PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE.  Please
register only for the session(s) you will attend.
 
Name____________________________________________________________________
Organization/Institution________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________________________
________________________________________Zip_____________________________
Phone______________________________Fax__________________________________
 
Please register me for the following session(s)
 
 
____SESSION I           ____ SESSION V          ____SESSION IX
 
____SESSION II          ____ SESSION VI         ___ SESSION X
 
____SESSION III         ____ SESSION VII        ___ SESSION XI
 
____SESSION IV          ____ SESSION VIII       ____SESSION XII
 
 
 
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