Films Week of Wednesday, April 17, 2024-Tuesday, April 23, 2024


Paul Gauguin, Trois tahitiens (Three Tahitians), 1899, oil on canvas
Gauguin in the World November 3, 2024–February 16, 2025

The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this ambitious exhibition showcasing the work of French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin.

16 Feb Sun / 2025

  • Love & Basketball Film Poster
    Love & Basketball
    2 p.m.—4:15 p.m.

    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.

  • Daughters of the Dust Film Poster
    Daughters of the Dust
    5 p.m.—7 p.m.

    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. Set in 1902, it follows a multigenerational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands near South Carolina as they struggle to maintain their heritage. 

20 Feb Thu / 2025

21 Feb Fri / 2025

22 Feb Sat / 2025