‘Body and Soul’ screening
“Body and Soul,” written and produced by race film pioneer Oscar Micheaux, is a critique of gender relations and religious hypocrisy in the Black church and is now widely considered one of Micheaux’s most ambitious films.
The screening will feature an original live score by Paul D. Miller, also known as DJ Spooky. DJ Spooky is an internationally acclaimed composer, author and multimedia artist who uses electronic music to bend genres and comment on social and environmental issues. He previously visited Bloomington in 2017 to screen “Rebirth of a Nation,” a remix and reimagining of D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation.”
The screening is co-sponsored by the Black Film Center & Archive.