Saturday, January 19 at 2pm
Ujamii Uhuru Schule Community Freedom School
As Above, So Below (New print!)
dir. Don Amis, 1974, digital video from 16mm, color, 9 min.
La Rebellion
dir. Larry Clark, 1973, 16mm, color, 52 min.
A rediscovered L.A. Rebellion masterpiece, Larry Clark’s As Above, So Below comprises a powerful political and social critique in its portrayal of Black insurgency. I & I: An African Allegory (New print!) dir. Ben Caldwell, 1979, 16mm, color, 32 min.
Weaving experimental, dramatic and documentary styles, Ben Caldwell’s I & I is a moving meditation on reciprocity. Preservation funded in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.
As Above, So Below ihousephilly.org
Don Amis’ documentary chronicles the day-in-the-life of an Afrocentric primary school located in South Los Angeles. Learn, baby, learn. Medea dir. Ben Caldwell, 1973, digital video from 16mm, color, 7 min.
Made as Ben Caldwell’s first project at UCL.A., Medea is a collage film that explores the information that permeates a child before it is born.