When: 
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: 
Landis Cinema, Buck Hall - 219 N 3rd St.
Presenter: 
Katherine Groo
Price: 
Free

Join us for the second film in a series of screenings dedicated to the cinematic performances of Paul Robeson, the noted African-American actor, singer, and activist.

Although the 1920s brought him acclaim as a stage actor and singer, Paul Robeson still had to prove himself as a viable screen performer. Mainstream avenues were limited, however, and his first films were made on the peripheries of the film business. Body and Soul, directed by the legendary African American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, is a direct critique of the power of the cloth, casting Robeson in dual roles as a jackleg preacher and a well-meaning inventor.

Body and Soul is known as a "race film," that is, it belongs to a body of films produced between 1915 and 1950 for all-black audiences, featuring black casts.

Shuttle bus service to/from College Hill. We welcome all students, faculty, staff, and the greater Easton community.

Part of a series of events in Spring 2017: BODY AND SOUL: THE ART AND ACTIVISM OF PAUL ROBESON

 

 

Sponsored by: 
Africana Studies, Film and Media Studies, History, Russian and East European Studies, Mellon STEAM grant

Contact information

Name: 
Lindsay Ceballos
Phone: 
6093103189
Email: 
ceballol@lafayette.edu