BAMcinématek Celebrates Black Superheroes

Awards, Events, Past Events

BAM is proud to screen Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, one of the most anticipated movies of 2018. But the path for Ryan Coogler’s film was laid by an undersung cadre of black screen heroes and heroines who challenged establishment power structures by way of their very existence.

This month, we celebrate this alternate history of black superheroes in anticipation of the release of Black Panther (opens Feb 16) with a series that spotlights a thrilling range of comic-book avengers, Afrofuturistic pioneers, and blaxploitation icons. Fight the Power: Black Superheroes on Film compiles 28 films that are as socially and politically subversive as they are downright fun. And join us for the free Black Comix Expo, a full day of workshops and showcases for a range of ages and interests!

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Before Black Panther there was…an entire alternative cinematic history of black screen heroes who challenged establishment power structures through their sheer existence. From blaxploitation icons to supernatural avengers to anti-colonial outlaws, this series spotlights industry-defying images of black heroism and empowerment in films that are as socially and politically subversive as they are downright fun.

 

Date: Film Info
Feb 2 Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song Event Passed
Feb 2 Abar: The First Black Superman Event Passed
Feb 3 Foxy Brown Event Passed
Feb 3 Cleopatra Jones Event Passed
Feb 4 Shaft Event Passed
Feb 4 Buck and the Preacher Event Passed
Feb 5 Space is the Place Event Passed
Feb 5 The Spook Who Sat By the Door Event Passed
Feb 6 Black Dynamite Event Passed
Feb 6 Spawn Event Passed
Feb 7 Night of the Living Dead Event Passed
Feb 7 Candyman Event Passed
Feb 9 Blade + Blade II Event Passed
Feb 11 Kirikou and the Sorceress Event Passed
Feb 11 Men in Black Event Passed
Feb 11 The Future of the Black Screen Superhero + discussion Event Passed
Feb 11 The Meteor Man Event Passed
Feb 12 The Harder They Come Event Passed
Feb 12 Besouro Event Passed
Feb 13 Caribbean Film Series: Brown Girl Begins + S0.CI3.TY Event Passed
Feb 13 Queen of the Damned Event Passed
Feb 16 Brother From Another Planet Event Passed
Feb 16 Sleight Event Passed
Feb 17 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Event Passed
Feb 17 Catwoman Event Passed
Feb 17 Yeelen Event Passed
Feb 18 Strange Days Event Passed
Feb 18 Attack the Block Event Passed

 

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