Films

Now Playing

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  Alma’s Rainbow

  Directed by Ayoka Chenzira
  (USA, 1994, 85 minutes, in English)
  Lynn Wyatt Theater

  Ayoka Chenzira’s feature film explores the life of teenager Rainbow Gold, who is entering womanhood and navigating standards of beauty, self-image, and the rights Black women have over their bodies.

  Friday, February 3, 2023

  7 p.m.

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  The African Desperate

  Directed by Martine Syms
  (USA, 2022, 97 minutes, in English)
  Lynn Wyatt Theater

  Chaos reigns in the riotously funny debut feature from visual artist Martine Syms. This fantastical day-in-the-life of a Black artist is a rollicking satire of art-world pretensions and a rowdy portrayal of sex and drugs in the Internet age. 

  Saturday, February 4, 2023

  3 p.m.

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  The Watermelon Woman

  Directed by Cheryl Dunye
  (USA, 1996, 90 minutes, in English)
  Lynn Wyatt Theater

  An investigation into film history that doubles as a romantic comedy, The Watermelon Woman is a dazzlingly inventive landmark of the New Queer Cinema.

  Saturday, February 4, 2023

  6:30 p.m.

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  Compensation

  Directed by Zeinabu irene Davis
  (USA, 1999, 95 minutes, in English)
  Lynn Wyatt Theater

  This unique drama presents parallel African American love stories about a deaf woman and a hearing man who live in Chicago, decades apart.

  Sunday, February 5, 2023

  5 p.m.

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  Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

  Directed by Chantal Akerman
  (France, 1975, 201 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
  Brown Auditorium Theater

  A singular work in cinema history, this film was recently named #1 on the BFI’s Sight & Sound 100 Greatest Films list.

  Saturday, February 11, 2023

  5 p.m.

  Sunday, February 12, 2023

  2 p.m.

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  2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films—Animation

  (2022)
  Brown Auditorium Theater

  View the nominated short films in the Animation category from this year’s Academy Awards, and see if your favorite wins when the Oscars are presented on March 12!

  Friday, February 17, 2023

  7 p.m.

  Friday, February 24, 2023

  7 p.m.

  Saturday, March 4, 2023

  2 p.m.

  Saturday, March 11, 2023

  2 p.m.

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  2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films—Live Action

  (2022)
  Brown Auditorium Theater

  View the nominated short films in the Live Action category from this year’s Academy Awards, and see if your favorite wins when the Oscars are presented on March 12!

  Saturday, February 18, 2023

  7 p.m.

  Thursday, February 23, 2023

  6 p.m.

  Sunday, February 26, 2023

  5 p.m.

  Friday, March 3, 2023

  7 p.m.

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  2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films—Documentary

  (2022)
  Brown Auditorium Theater

  View the nominated short films in the Documentary category from this year’s Academy Awards, and see if your favorite wins when the Oscars are presented on March 12!

  Sunday, February 19, 2023

  2 p.m.

  Thursday, March 2, 2023

  2 p.m.

  Sunday, March 5, 2023

  5 p.m.

  Friday, March 10, 2023

  6 p.m.

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  Dazed and Confused

  Directed by Richard Linklater
  (USA, 1993, 102 minutes, in English)
  Brown Auditorium Theater

  Among the best teen films ever made, Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused eavesdrops on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshmen.

  Saturday, February 25, 2023

  7 p.m.

Coming Soon

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  No Bears (Khers nist)

  Directed by Jafar Panahi
  (Iran, 2022, 106 minutes, in Persian, Azerbaijani, and Turkish with English subtitles)
  Brown Auditorium Theater

  No Bears follows parallel love stories about two couples thwarted by traditional beliefs and society’s expectations.

  Friday, March 17, 2023

  7 p.m.

  Saturday, March 18, 2023

  7 p.m.

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