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The Classic Black Cinema Series - Melinda
- Ages:
- 18+ (rated R film)
- Cost:
- Free with museum admission
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About This Program
About The Film
(1972) In this film starring Bahamian-born Calvin Lockhart, Vonetta McGee and Rosalind Cash, a slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ, Frankie, falls hard for an enigmatic woman he’s just met. Things take a turn for the worse, thought, when she is found dead in his apartment. It tours out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame Frankie for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman’s death.
Please note that this film is rated R.
About The Classic Black Cinema Series
A film series specifically designed as a vehicle to expose the community to the vast artistic value black film has had throughout the years. The goal is to appeal to as diverse a population as possible and further the appreciation of Black cinema.
Curator and host, Felix Curtis, came to Charlotte from the Oakland/San Francisco Bay area where he curated The San Francisco Black Film Festival and Black Filmworks, the annual film festival component of the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, where he later served as Executive Director.
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