Through the Lens of Black Women
This third annual series showcases the work of visionary Black women filmmakers. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the dramedy Love & Basketball, join the female-centric Gullah community in Daughters of the Dust (screening on 35mm), and discover the thought-provoking Dahomey, winner of the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival. Guest-programmed by Autumn Johnson.
Autumn Johnson is a cultural worker passionate about supporting and sustaining local art and film communities. She is a graduate of the University of Houston with degrees in media production and English literature. In 2024, Autumn was named a programming fellow for the Oscar-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival. She also works for Houston Cinema Arts Society as a Marketing and Administrative Associate and is continually building her independent studies in Black film and the film industry.
Upcoming Events in this Series
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Love & Basketball
All is fair in Love & Basketball. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, this romance and sports genre film serves as a landmark for Black women filmmaking for its authentic representation of female athletes, Black love, and female independence.
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Daughters of the Dust
Julie Dash’s rapturous vision of Black womanhood and vanishing ways of life in the turn-of-the-century South was the first film directed by an African American woman to receive a wide release. In 1902, a multigenerational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina—former West African slaves who carried on many of their ancestors’ Yoruba traditions—struggle to maintain …- Sunday, February 16, 2025
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Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.
Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L'Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.