Black History Month Black History Month
Black History Month
4 Sunday

8:00 PM     Sounder (1972) Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education. Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Kevin Hooks. D: Martin Ritt. C 106m.
10:00 PM     The Learning Tree (1969) A black boy growing up in Kansas dreams of a better life in this film version of director Gordon Parks's autobiography. Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans. D: Gordon Parks. C 108m. LBX
12:00 AM     Body and Soul (1947)
2:00 AM     Zou Zou (1937) A singing star tries to clear a childhood friend of murder charges. Josephine Baker, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Guitry. D: Marc Allégret. BW 93m.
4:00 AM     Princess Tam Tam (1935) A French novelist passes off a Tunisian shepherdess as royalty to get back at his cheating wife. Josephine Baker, Albert Préjean, Robert Amoux. D: Edmond Gréville. BW 78m.


11 Sunday

8:00 PM     The Green Pastures (1936) God tests the human race in this reenactment of Bible stories set in the world of black American folklore. Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie Anderson. D: William Keighley. BW 93m.
10:00 PM     Hallelujah! (1929) A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man. Daniel Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine. D: King Vidor. BW 100m.
12:00 AM     Scar Of Shame (1927) A composer marries an abused girl to protect her but can't face his family's prejudices. Harry Henderson, Norma Johnstone, Ann Kennedy. D: Oscar Micheaux. BW 76m.
1:30 AM     Go Down Death (1942) Gangsters try to frame a minister out to clean up their southern town. Myra D. Hemmings, Samuel H. James, Eddye L. Houston. D: Spencer Williams. BW 54m.
2:30 AM     Blood of Jesus (1941) A rural black woman lying near death is torn between heaven and hell. Spencer Williams, Cathryn Caveness, Juanita Riley. D: Spencer Williams. BW 56m.


18 Sunday

8:00 PM     Cabin in the Sky (1943) God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler. Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne. D: Vincente Minnelli. BW 99m. CC
10:00 PM     Show Boat (1936) Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River." Songs include "Make Believe" and "Bill. Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson. D: James Whale. BW 115m. CC
12:00 AM     Within Our Gates (1920) A black schoolteacher finds the battle against racism is everywhere when she goes North to raise money for better schools. Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin. D: Oscar Micheaux. BW 79m.
1:30 AM     Two Gun Man From Harlem (1938) When a cowboy is framed for murder, he travels to Harlem and masquerades as a gangster. Herb Jeffries, Marguerite Whitten, Mantan Moreland. D: Richard C. Kahn. BW 65m.


25 Sunday

8:00 PM     The Defiant Ones (1958) Two convicts:a white racist and an angry black—escape while chained to each other. Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel. D: Stanley Kramer. BW 97m.
10:00 PM     Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) Desperate losers plan bank robbery with unexpected results. Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame. D: Robert Wise. BW 97m.
12:00 AM     The Symbol Of The Unconquered (1920) A black heiress fights off the Ku Klux Klan to save her land. Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault. D: Oscar Micheaux. BW 59m.
1:30 AM     They Call Me Mister Tibbs (1970) A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend. Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair. D: Gordon Douglas. C 108m.
3:30 AM     A Patch of Blue (1965) A blind girl falls in love with a black man. Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman. D: Guy Green. BW 106m. LBX CC