Contact information
Name:
Lindsay Ceballos
Phone:
6103303186
Email:
ceballol@lafayette.edu
Categories:
When:
Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Where:
Landis Cinema, Buck Hall - 219 N 3rd St.
Presenter:
Katherine Groo; Lindsay Ceballos
Price:
Free
Join us for the third film in a series of screenings dedicated to the cinematic performances of Paul Robeson, the noted African-American actor, singer, and activist.
Of all Paul Robeson’s eleven starring film performances, by far his most iconic was his breakthrough in the big-screen adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s The Emperor Jones (1933). He was already a legend for his stage incarnation of Brutus Jones, a Pullman porter who powers his way to the rule of a Caribbean island, but with this, his first sound-era film role, his regal image was married to his booming voice for eternity. With The Emperor Jones, Robeson became the first African-American leading man in mainstream movies and, he said, gained a deeper understanding of cinema’s potential to change racial misconceptions. Previously censored, The Emperor Jones is presented here in its most complete form.
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, Foreign Languages and Literatures, History, Russian and East European Studies, Mellon STEAM grant