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  • WATERMELON MAN
  • FIVE ON THE BLACK HAND SIDE
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WATERMELON MAN & FIVE ON THE BLACK HAND SIDE

Monday, February 4

DOUBLE FEATURE: Two films for one admission. Tickets purchased entitle patrons to stay and see the following film at no additional charge.

WATERMELON MAN

12:30   4:25   8:20   

(1970, Melvin van Peebles) Offbeat comedy about a bigoted white insurance agent (played by Godfrey Cambridge – in whiteface) who wakes up one morning and discovers he’s turned Black. Man, does his life change. With Estelle Parsons, Mantan Moreland. 35mm. Approx. 100 min.

FIVE ON THE BLACK HAND SIDE

2:30   6:25   10:20   

(1973, Oscar Williams) Godfrey Cambridge, Clarice Taylor. 35mm. Approx. 96 min.​

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