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PREVIOUSLY PLAYED

BIRTHRIGHT

1:10 ONLY

Sunday, March 6

RESTORATION PREMIERE

(1939, Oscar Micheaux)  An idealistic Harvard grad returns to the segregated South to establish a grade school, encountering opposition from both races. With Ethel Moses, aka the “Black Harlow,” and a bevy of moonlighting Cotton Club dancers. Plus DARKTOWN REVUE (1931), Micheaux’s jaw-dropping spin on the minstrel show. DCP restorations. Approx. 88 mins.

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