2012 Tribute to African-American Films
The 2012 Tribute to African-American Films offers a multitude of diverse and exciting filmmaking! Here's the schedule of films that are playing.
All Films (21) |
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Alley Pat: The Music Is Recorded Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 81 minutes (01:21)
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Synopsis:Celebrates the daring and outrageous era of classic Rhythm & Blues radio with a rich profile of the man who helped start it all, Atlanta pioneer James 'Alley Pat' Patrick. Full of infectious music, vi... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
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Boyz N the Hood Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 112 minutes (01:52)
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Synopsis:John Singleton's portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils f... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Chocolate City Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 90 minutes (01:30)
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Synopsis:The film deals with the struggles of a young man trying to define himself at an Historically Black College. "The decisions you make today will affect you for a lifetime." In white letters, these words... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Cooley High Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 107 minutes (01:47)
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Synopsis:In the mid-1960's, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guy... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Dare Not Walk Alone Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 83 minutes (01:23)
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Synopsis:Hailed as "a triumph of outrage and empathy," and described as a "powerful slice of roiling American history" by the Los Angeles Times, Dare Not Walk Alone tells "the greatest civil rights story never... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
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Do the Right Thing Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 120 minutes (02:00)
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Synopsis:It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and tensions are growing there, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie, S... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Eves Bayou Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 109 minutes (01:49)
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Synopsis:The story is set in 1962 Louisiana. The big Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis. Though he is married to beautiful Roz, he has a weakness for attractive women patients. One day Louis is ... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Glory Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 122 minutes (02:02)
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Synopsis:Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who ha... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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House Party Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 100 minutes (01:40)
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Synopsis:Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't kno... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Imitation of Life Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 125 minutes (02:05)
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Synopsis:A struggling young actress with a six-year-old daughter sets up housekeeping with a homeless black widow and her light-skinned eight-year-old daughter who rejects her mother by trying to pass for whit... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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In the Heat of the Night Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 109 minutes (01:49)
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Synopsis:An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town. |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Lean on Me Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 108 minutes (01:48)
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Synopsis:An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence, and urban despair. Eventually his... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Psychedelic Shack Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 67 minutes (01:07)
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Synopsis:“It’s Hilarious.” Psychedelic Shack is a very funny movie about a duel between a funky mortician and a monkey. |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Shaft Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 100 minutes (01:40)
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Synopsis:John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the leader of the Black crime mob, then against Black nationals, and finally working with both against th... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Sounder Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 105 minutes (01:45)
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Synopsis:The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Stormy Weather Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 78 minutes (01:18)
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Synopsis:The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s. |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Super Fly Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 93 minutes (01:33)
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Synopsis:Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death. He decides to build an escape from the life by making his biggest deal yet, converting ... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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The Emperor Jones Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 72 minutes (01:12)
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Synopsis:Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island. |
Show Times:Museum of Florida History
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The Flying Ace Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 65 minutes (01:05)
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Synopsis:A veteran World War I fighter pilot returns home a war hero and immediately regains his former job as a railroad company detective. His first case: recover a stolen satchel filled with $25,000 of comp... |
Show Times:Museum of Florida History
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The Jackie Robinson Story Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 76 minutes (01:16)
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Synopsis:Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues. |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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Underground Rated: Not Rated (Parental Advisory Suggested) Running Time: 20 minutes (00:20)
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Synopsis:In a story told through song, Bali plans to escape from slavery after learning that his master is going to sell his young daughter... |
Show Times:Lee Hall Auditorium, FAMU Campus
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