Film screening: Appreciate the cultural impact of race films at Black Culture film series

The Evans Center for African American Studies presents another installment of the Black Culture film series featuring historic race films, a genre of work often made by Black filmmakers with majority Black casts specifically for Black audiences. Many of these films, although very few exist in their entirety today, were in response to the racist depictions of African Americans in D.W. Griffith’s 1915 film The Birth of a Nation. Showing a series of short films, SCAD MOA is proud to share the work that transformed cinematic history. Following the screening, cinema studies professor Chad Newsom offers insight on the films’ salience.

Prior to this screening, the museum will lead a 9 a.m. walking tour of West Broad Street historic African American-owned businesses and cultural sites in Savannah.

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to [email protected].