Charles Burnett

4/1/04 to 4/10/04

  • The Glass Shield, April 9

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Past Films

  • Panel Discussion

    • Saturday, April 10 2:00pm

    Admission Free. Scholars and critics discuss the significance of this gifted director's work.

  • The Glass Shield

    • Friday, April 9 7:30pm

    Charles Burnett in Person. Burnett turns a neo-noir thriller about a black rookie cop into "one of the most penetrating explorations of institutional racism ever made."-New Yorker. With ironic and inspiring shorts spanning Burnett's career: Several Friends, The Horse, and When It Rains.

  • Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    • Thursday, April 8 7:30pm

    Charles Burnett in Person. Burnett explores the many interpretations of the rebel slave's life and character and reflects on the nature of history in this thought-provoking documentary. With short Olivia's Story.

  • An Afternoon with Charles Burnett

    • Wednesday, April 7 3:00pm

    Charles Burnett in Person. Introduced by Marilyn Fabe.

  • Nightjohn: Free Screening!

    • Saturday, April 3 3:00pm

    A slave girl learns the truth of the adage "knowledge is power." "A wonderful, fully realized work-passionate, stirring, and beautiful."-Chicago Reader

  • Shorts by Charles Burnett

    • Saturday, April 3 7pm

    Three ironic and inspiring works spanning Burnett's career: Several Friends, The Horse, and When It Rains.

  • To Sleep with Anger

    • Saturday, April 3 8:10pm

    Southern trickster Danny Glover brings a South Central L.A. family to a dangerous crossroads. "Droll, visionary, alarming, ironic, and deeply moving, all at the same time."-The Nation

  • Nightjohn: Free Screening!

    • Thursday, April 1 5:30pm

    A slave girl learns the truth of the adage "knowledge is power." "A wonderful, fully realized work-passionate, stirring, and beautiful."-Chicago Reader

  • My Brother's Wedding

    • Thursday, April 1 7:30pm

    A tragicomic portrait of a young man stuck in a love-hate relationship with his family and his Watts community: an eloquently ambivalent portrayal of the ties that bind.