Starting Thursday, February 7, and continuing throughout the month of February, George Eastman Museum and The Little Theatre will each be hosting film series in honor of Black History Month. Spotlighting the unique voices of black filmmakers from around the world, these series get to the heart of what the movies do best, says Eastman […]
Black History Month
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Eastman Museum celebrates Black History Month with Google Cultural Institute partnership
Earlier this month, the George Eastman Museum launched an online exhibition of 44 photographs as part of the Google Cultural Institute’s celebration of Black History Month. These images, part of a virtual exhibition in collaboration with more than 40 other cultural and archival organizations — including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Carnegie Hall, the Museum […]
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Black History Month film screenings
There’s some irony in the fact that this year’s Oscars fall during Black History Month. The #OscarsSoWhite controversy called attention to the lack of nominations for black performers and filmmakers (or any artists of color, for that matter) and how these nominations were a reflection of the larger issue of Hollywood’s racial bias. Like an […]
