Caroline Wiess Law Building Films Week of Wednesday, January 1, 2025-Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography Through August 3, 2025
Showcasing 100 examples of contemporary Cuban photography, this exhibition traces the evolution of the medium’s role in Cuba over nearly five decades.
16 Feb Sun / 2025
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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.
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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
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2025 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary
6 p.m.—9 p.m.View the nominated short films in the category of Documentary from this year’s Academy Awards, and see if your favorite wins when the Oscars are presented on March 2!
21 Feb Fri / 2025
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Howard Hawks’s Technicolor musical comedy is anchored by the performances of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe as Jazz Age lounge singers on a Transatlantic ocean liner to Paris.
