St. Clair Bourne was a pivotal figure in putting black lives on film,from the 1970s to his death in 2007. As founder of the Black Documentary collective, he also mentored generations of black filmmakers. Now a retrospective at the Metrograph provides a scarce opportunity to see his documentaries on Paul Robeson, and Amiri Baraka,Spike Lee and more, plus films by those who came up after him. Our segment highlights his film “Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper."— Thom Powers and Raphaela NeihausenFor more information, or click here to visit the web site for the retrospective.
Source: thetakeaway.org