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FILMS BASED ON HARD LESSONS FOR YOUTH
Saturday, 17 @ 12-Noon
Room T-314
>>$5 - Screening and Talk
Three timeless and rarely seen fi lms of the 1970s and 90s are at the heart of the African
American race struggle, teenage confl ict, crime, drugs and high-school drop out in
American urban life. Following the screening of the last fi lm, several students in a panel
discussion share their views about the subject matter in the fi lm compared to today’s youth.
FILM SCREENINGS
12-Noon-1:30pm
“BLACK CEASAR” (1973 ) After being brutally assaulted by a white cop as a kid,
Tommy Gibbs (era star Fred Williamson) turns to a life of crime. Under the director of
the mafi a, he becomes the head of a black crime unit in Harlem. James Brown provided the
sound track for this classic blaxploitation fi lm that’s centered on a bad guy who gets his just
due in the end. 87 Minutes.
1:45-3:30pm
“CORNBREAD, EARL AND ME” (1975 ) Cornbread, the local hero, is a star basketball
player who is about to be the fi rst from his neighborhood to go to college on an athletic
scholarship. His younger friends, Earl and Wilford (Laurence Fishburne in his fi rst role), are
faced with challenges when tragedy strikes. It’s a coming-of-age story that no one wants
to be real, when an innocent kid loses his life in a senseless way, at the hand of police
involvement. 95 Minutes.
3:30-5:00pm
“JUICE” (1992 ) It’s a hard coming-of-age story to watch, seeing four kid friends going
down the wrong path. Growing up in Harlem, they skip school, steal music from a local
store and get into it with a Puerto Rican gang. Roland Bishop (Tupac’s fi rst fi lm role)
decides two teens need to step it up a bit to gain respect and start robbing and killing. 92
Minutes.
5:00pm-Talk Back
MAR
Friday, 23 & Saturday, 24 @ 9pm
Clarence Muse Café Theatre
>>$15
PIERRE is back in the comedy hot seat at TBAAL’s
Muse Café Theatre! Smooth and cutting, he’s been
onstage with Bill Bellamy and toured with R&B
acts Mary J. Blige, Dru Hill, New Edition and Patti
LaBelle.
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