BFCA closes Black History Month with reception, screening
The Black Film Center & Archive closed out Black History Month programming on Friday with a screening of “Finally Got the News” as tribute to the official theme this year, African American Labor. The screening was preceded by a discussion with Media School doctoral student Cole Nelson, who edited a close-up featured in Black Camera: An International Film Journal Issue 15.2. A reception was also held in the Franklin Hall commons.
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- The BFCA held a variety of screenings, guest speakers, and celebrations throughout February. (Photo by Emma Ramirez | The Media School)
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- The BFCA is a one-of-a-kind reparative archive, championing and centering the creativity of Black filmmakers, scholars, and collectors. (Photo by Emma Ramirez | The Media School)
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- The close-up edited by Nelson revisits the “Finally Got the News…” documentary situating it broadly in the “long 1960s of labor militancy” in the U.S. and particularly regarding Black radical activism in Detroit’s auto plants under the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. The close-up comprises an introduction and essay by Nelson, along with contributions from several others. (Photo by Emma Ramirez | The Media School)
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- Special thanks to collaborators Black Camera: An International Film Journal and the Center for Documentary Research & Practice. (Photo by Emma Ramirez | The Media School)
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- Novotny Lawrence is an associate professor at The Media School and director of the BFCA. His research focuses on Black cinematic/mediated experiences and popular culture, areas that reflect the historic racial discrimination that Blacks have endured and the tremendous strides that Blacks have made to overcome oppression. (Photo by Emma Ramirez | The Media School)
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- (Photo by Emma Ramirez | The Media School)