IN CINEMA
NEGRITA +
MEMPHIS MAJIC
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price
Friday, July 19th at 7PM
NEGRITA
Magdalena Albizu, 50 min. 2023
NEGRITA, the debut documentary film from director Magdalena Albizu, interrogates the cultural prejudice and presumptions surrounding the lives of Afro Latina women in America. Albizu, a self-described negrita, explores an unconscious ideology of anti-Blackness in which both American and Latino cultures perpetuate a false narrative of Black as undesirable otherness. Through family pictures, childhood videos, and frank conversations, NEGRITA uses the director's own personal history to illuminate the larger tapestry of shared experiences throughout the Black and Latin community. Hand in hand with women from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Honduras, and Panama, Albizu and her subjects collectively confront their own Black identities, empowering themselves as Afro Latinas.
MEMPHIS MAJIC
Eddie Bailey, 2019, 72 min.
MEMPHIS MAJIC, Eddie Bailey's directorial debut, looks at the racial-politcs and socio-economics of Memphis, TN through the lens of a 30-year old Memphis-born street dance called Jookin.
The film uniquely combines the city's history and the modern-day Jookin dance to expound on the conditions of the city's present. Through its exploration of Jookin's resilience, Memphis Majic illuminates one of America's most prominent cities.
Post-screening discussion with filmmakers Magdalena Albizu and Eddie Bailey!
