----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Announcement: The Smithsonian Institute's Program in African American Culture presents: ========================================================================== 100 YEARS OF BLACK FILM: IMAGING AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE, HISTORY AND CULTURE ========================================================================== 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 ========================================================================= REGISTRATION FORM ========================================================================= 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 ===================================================RJ/1-5-95===============