Space is the Place by John Coney
Avant-jazz visionary Sun Ra’s Afrofuturist vision comes to the screen in this film adaptation of his concept album. It’s a wild, kaleidoscopic whirl of science fiction, incisive social critique, playful pseudo-blaxploitation stylistics, and electrifying concert sequences, as Sun Ra and his Arkestra spearhead an intergalactic mission to relocate the Black community to their utopian space colony.
85 minutes, 1974
Touki Bouki by Djibril Diop Mambéty
The film, set in Senegal in the early 1970s, offers a striking mix of the surreal and the naturalistic. Influenced by the French New Wave, Mambéty’s narrative follows two young lovers who dream of escaping Dakar for France but face both tangible and mystical obstacles. Known for its dazzling imagery and music, the film is widely considered a cornerstone of African cinema.
95 minutes, 1973
Too Bright to See (Part I) by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
This film blends archival materials and cinematic narrative scenes, portrayed by an unconventional cast. Drawing inspiration from Caribbean aesthetics and Surrealist art, the film highlights new aspects of Suzanne Roussi Césaire’s legacy that are undocumented in the public arena, while confronting the ongoing erasure of women from historical accounts.
22 minutes, 16mm film, 2023–24
An introductory video with Hunt-Ehrlich will play before the film.
David Lean, 1965
PG-13; 197 minutes
“Doctor Zhivago is more than a masterful motion picture; it is a life experience.” –James Powers, The Hollywood Reporter
