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Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: PRESERVING THE REVOLUTION: JAMES BALDWIN AND THE BLACK PANTHERS

February 27, 2023

(Yale-preserved shorts on 16mm and 35mm)
Josh Morton and Kathy Pakay in person! Three Yale-preserved films by Yale filmmakers have their campus preservation premieres: Mayday (May First Media, 1970, 22 mins) and Puppet Show (Josh Morton, 1970, 9 mins) examine events surrounding New Haven's Black Panther trials, while James Baldwin: From Another Place (Sedat Pakay, 1973, 12 mins) lets us hear from Baldwin during his self-imposed exile in Istanbul. Post-screening discussion moderated by Kazembe Balagun. Prints from the Yale Film Archive.

Free and open to the public. All attendees must be asymptomatic and fully vaccinated [1] against COVID-19 (including boosters when eligible) and should be prepared to show proof of vaccination. Masks [2] are recommended.

Time/Date:
7 p.m. Thursday, March 30

Location:
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01
320 York Street
New Haven, CT

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive [3] is an ongoing series of classic and contemporary films in their original formats curated by the Yale Film Archive, presented with support from Paul L. Joskow ’70 M.Phil., ’72 Ph.D.


Source URL:https://web.library.yale.edu/film/news/revolution23

Links
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html [2] https://ehs.yale.edu/masks [3] https://web.library.yale.edu/film/treasures