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Sunday
May 18, 2008
2 pm
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Midnight Rambles: Oscar Micheaux & the Roots of Black Cinema
Kansas City Central Library
14 W 10th
Kansas City, MO
For info, call 816-701-3407
KU film professor Kevin Willmott
Admission free, but reservations are suggested. |
Saturday
February 16, 2008
t.b.a.
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Oscar Micheaux Film Festival
African-American Historical Museum of Iowa
55 12th Avenue
Cedar Rapids, IA
For info, call (319) 862-2101 x 22
For info, write education@blackiowa.org
Admission free. |
Friday
— Sunday
October 19, 2007
— October 21, 2007
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Micheaux Festival
Great Bend, KS
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Thursday
— Sunday
March 22, 2007
— March 25, 2007
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Arizona Black Film Showcase
Herberger Theatre Center (for workshops)
222 East Monroe
Phoenix, AZ
For info, call 602.304.0830
For info, write media@azblackfilm.com
Film Submission Deadline: December 31, 2006
The 6th Annual Arizona Black Film Showcase (AZBFS) is a three-day event held at the Herberger Theater and AMC Theater - Arizona Center. The three-day event is comprised of information packed workshops, Short and Feature Film Screenings and a Vendor and Resource Fair. This exciting three-day event ends with the Awards Ceremony where the winner of the 2007 Best Short and Best Feature film categories will be announced. Meet celebrity presenters and guests, Network with Industry Professionals, Shop your Film and view cutting edge Independent Films by up and coming African American Film Directors from across the Nation. |
Thursday
— Sunday
March 22, 2007
— March 25, 2007
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Arizona Black Film Showcase
AMC Theater @ The Arizona Center (screenings)
565 North 3rd Street
Phoenix, AZ
For info, call 602.304.0830
For info, write media@azblackfilm.com
Film Submission Deadline: December 31, 2006
The 6th Annual Arizona Black Film Showcase (AZBFS) is a three-day event held at the Herberger Theater and AMC Theater - Arizona Center. The three-day event is comprised of information packed workshops, Short and Feature Film Screenings and a Vendor and Resource Fair. This exciting three-day event ends with the Awards Ceremony where the winner of the 2007 Best Short and Best Feature film categories will be announced. Meet celebrity presenters and guests, Network with Industry Professionals, Shop your Film and view cutting edge Independent Films by up and coming African American Film Directors from across the Nation. |
Saturday
February 24, 2007
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Preserving African-American Architectural Landmarks
The Historic Attucks Theatre
Norfolk, VA
For info, write events@hamptonroadsventures.com
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Saturday
February 17, 2007
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Oscar Micheaux in Roanoke
The Dumas Center for Artistic & Cultural Development
110 First Street
Roanoke, VA
For info, write events@hamptonroadsventures.com
Evening Scholarship Benefit/Gala to provide entertainment, to include the play production of a winning short story competition |
Saturday
November 4, 2006
10:00 am
— afternoon
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Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting
Dumas Center for Artistic & Cultural Development
110 First Street
Roanoke, VA
For info, call 1-888-397-3100
For info, write dwade@nrha.norfolk.va.us
Evening Doo-Wop Event to be the first of its kind in many years in Roanoke.
Micheaux resided at the Hotel Dumas on Henry Street, and had a studio across the way in the Strand Theatre (currently being renovated to become a Culinary Arts School). |
Tuesday
— Saturday
August 8, 2006
— August 12, 2006
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11th Annual Oscar Micheaux Film & Book Festival
Gregory, SD
For info, call (605) 835-9478
For info, write omcenter@gwtc.net
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Monday
February 6, 2006
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Program on Oscar Micheaux
Fort Lee High School
Fort Lee, NJ
For info, call (201) 592-3663
For info, write tmeyers@fortleenj.org
The Fort Lee Film Commission will sponsor a February 6, 2006 program at Fort Lee High School on Oscar Micheaux. Micheaux shot numerous films in Fort Lee from 1920's "Symbol of the Unconquered" through his final film "The Betrayal" in 1948. The Film Commission symposium on Micheaux will be lead by Micheaux scholar and film historian Pearl Bowser. Joining Pearl Bowser on the panel will be Jeanette Curtis-Rideau of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and Film Commission Executive Director Tom Meyers. Clips from Micheaux films will be screened during the program for students at the Fort Lee High School auditorium / theater. |
Friday
October 21, 2005
7:00 p.m.
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Screening of Within Our Gates
Film Studies Center
5811 South Ellis Ave. Cobb Hall 307
Chicago, IL
For info, call 773.702.8596
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Saturday
— Sunday
October 1, 2005
— October 2, 2005
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Oscar Micheaux Memorial Celebration
Rising From the Plains: How Black Kansans Ignited a Cultural Revolution
The Crest Theatre
1905 Lakin
Great Bend, KS
For info, write m.keenan@sbcglobal.net
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Wednesday
— Sunday
August 10, 2005
— August 14, 2005
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10th Annual Oscar Micheaux Film & Book Festival
Gregory, SD
For info, call (605) 835-8002
For info, write napers@gwtc.net
This year's theme is |
Saturday
April 30, 2005
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Syracuse Film Festival
Palace Theater
Eastwood, NY
For info, write owen@syrfilmfest.com
A Micheaux film, Body and Soul, will be shown. The Dave Burrell Trio will present a live performance of a score composed especially for this film. |
Thursday
— Saturday
February 17, 2005
— February 19, 2005
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Arizona Black Film Showcase
South Mountain Community College
Performing Arts Center
7050 South 24th Street
Phoenix, AZ
For info, call (602) 304-0830
For info, write info@azblackfilm.com
Check the web site for more info.
Director Bill Duke will receive the |
Thursday
February 10, 2005
9:30 am
— 11:00 am
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Salute to Oscar Micheaux
Fort Lee High School
3000 Lemoine Avenue
Fort Lee, NJ
For info, write tmeyers@fortleenj.org
The Fort Lee Film Commission and Pearl Bowser will present a salute to Oscar Micheaux at the Fort Lee High School in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Students will view the documentary "Midnight Ramble" which will be preceded by a lecture on Micheaux presented by Pearl Bowser.
This event will introduce students to the life of Micheaux who shot a number of his films, including "Symbol of the Unconquered", in Fort Lee.
This event is for high school students and is not for the general public. |
Wednesday
February 9, 2005
9:15 am
— 10:30 am
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Salute to Oscar Micheaux
Dwight Morrow High School
274 Knickerbocker Road
Englewood, NJ
For info, write tmeyers@fortleenj.org
Englewood mayor Michael Wildes presents the Fort Lee Film Commission and Pearl Bowser in a salute to Oscar Micheaux at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey. Students will view the documentary "Midnight Ramble" which will be preceded by a lecture on Micheaux presented by Pearl Bowser. The National Coalition of 100 Black Women's Jeannette Curtis Rideau will join Pearl as a speaker.
This event is for the students. It is not a public event. |
Wednesday
— Sunday
August 11, 2004
— August 15, 2004
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9th Annual Micheaux Festival
Gregory, SD
For info, write napers@gwtc.net
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Saturday
June 5, 2004
11:30 a.m.
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Lake Placid Film Festival
Palace Theatre (theatre 1)
Lake Placid, NY
For info, call 518-523-3456
For info, write adkfilm@adelphia.net
The spotlight will feature a full playing of the only surviving print of Within Our Gates (1920) the most controversial film of Micheaux's career. The screening will be accompanied by a full organ for effect.
A post-screening discussion will also take place, featuring Pearl Bowser (Micheaux's biographer) as well as acclaimed filmmaker Nelson George (Everyday People) |
Tuesday
February 10, 2004
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Fort Lee Film Commission
Fort Lee High School
Fort Lee, NJ
For info, call Tom Meyers at (201) 592-3663
For info, write tmeyers@fortleenj.org
The Fort Lee Film Commission of Fort Lee New Jersey will hold a restrospective of Micheaux's "symbol of the unconquered" on February 10,2004. This event, at the Fort Lee High School for the student body, is a salute to Micheaux, an important filmmaker who shot many of his films in fort lee (including "Symbol Of The Unconqueed") . Scholar Pearl Bowser and the Newark Museum's Cleatrice Johnson will lead a panel in discussion of Micheaux and his work in Fort Lee. This event is part of a series of events celebrating Fort Lee's centennial year of 2004. |
Wednesday
— Monday
February 4, 2004
— February 6, 2006
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Malcolm X Festival
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE
For info, call Dr. Robert Christman at (402) 554-2412
Event will have include Micheaux. |
Monday
February 2, 2004
6:30 p.m.
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Black History Month Film Series
East Winston Heritage Center
1110 E. Seventh Street
Winston-Salem, NC
For info, call Rhonda B. Scales at 336-727-2202
For info, write scalesrb@forsythlibrary.org
Showing of the film Murder in Harlem
Several other films by early African-American filmakers will also be shown at various branches throughout the month. |
Wednesday
— Sunday
August 6, 2003
— August 10, 2003
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8th Annual Micheaux Festival
Gregory, SD
For info, write napers@gwtc.net
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Saturday
— Sunday
June 14, 2003
— June 15, 2003
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Micheaux Independent Film Festival
Crest Theatre
Great Bend, KS
For info, write mkeenan@klf.kscoxmail.com
It will be a salute to Oscar Micheaux and other independent filmmakers--- regardless of race, creed or color----who have the courage and tenacity to thumb their nose at Hollywood and make their own films outside of the Hollywood studio system. |
Wednesday
— Sunday
August 7, 2002
— August 11, 2002
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Micheaux Festival
Gregory, SD
For info, write napers@gwtc.net
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Saturday
May 25, 2002
12:15 pm
— 1:15 pm
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Oscar Micheaux Society Annual Meeting
Westin Tabor Center
1672 Lawrence St
Denver, CO
For info, write jmgaines@duke.edu
This will be in conjunction with the Society for Cinema Studies Conference in Denver |
Wednesday
February 27, 2002
7 pm
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Fort Lee Film Festival
Fort Lee Public Library
320 Main Street
Fort Lee, NJ
For info, call (201) 592-3785
For info, write fortleefilmfest@nj.rr.com
Screening of The Exile, panel discussion including Pearl Bowser and others, unveiling of a photo of Oscar Micheaux who shot scenes and produced his last movie in Fort Lee. |
Friday
— Saturday
February 22, 2002
— February 23, 2002
7-10 pm (2/22)
10 am - 10 pm (2/23)
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Kansas Silent Movie Festival
White Concert Hall, Washburn University
17th & Jewell
Topeka, KS
For info, call (785) 580-4513
For info, write jrhodes@tscpl.lib.ks.us
During the 6th annual Festival, 15 silent films, both features and shorts, will be shown. All will be accompanied by live organ or orchestra accompaniment. A film historian will give short introductions to each film. The festival is FREE and open to the public, and has been underwritten by grants from businesses and individuals.
A highlight of the festival will be the showing of the Oscar Micheaux film "Body and Soul", which will be introduced by award-winning black filmmaker Kevin Willmott, of Lawrence, KS. |
Saturday
— Saturday
October 13, 2001
— October 20, 2001
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Giornate del Cinema Muto
Pordenone-Sacile, Italy
For info, write info.gcm@cinetecadelfriuli.org
Oscar Micheaux and His Circle |
Wednesday
— Sunday
August 8, 2001
— August 12, 2001
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Sixth Annual Oscar Micheaux Film Festival
520 Main Street
Gregory, SD
For info, call 605-835-8002
For info, write napers@gwtc.net
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Sunday
July 8, 2001
2:00 p.m.
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street
San Francisco, CA
For info, call (415) 777-4908
Within Our Gates will be one of the
silent films featured this year.
Organizers hope to have a lecturer
providing an educational introduction
to the film prior to its showing.
The Castro is a 1920's era movie palace |
Saturday
July 7, 2001
7:30 pm
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Heritage Film Festival
Heritage Cinema House
19-21 East North Avenue
City Center
Baltimore, MD
For info, call (410) 539-0085
For info, write Soulfilm@aol.com
will include Micheaux' Body & Soul
with intro by Paul Robeson, Jr. |
Saturday
— Sunday
March 24, 2001
— March 25, 2001
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Golden Anniversary Memorial Celebration
Crest Theatre
Great Bend, KS
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