Black Women on the Silver Screen Film Festival

UPFI and the Embassy of the United States of America
in cooperation with the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum
and the American Voices Inc.
are excited to present this rare chance of screening Hollywood classics
featuring legendary African-American women.

All films will be shown for free!
Screenings are at the Cine Adarna and Videotheque.

True blue film buffs and film enthusiasts shouldn't miss this rare chance of watching these films. They are here in the country as part of the collection of the Mayme A. Clayton Library.

Two days of cinema on civil rights, camp, curiosity and culture will feature these legendary African-American screen actresses from past to present. All have been icons in their own right.

See the following women on the silver screen and their films:

Josephine Baker (Zou Zou)
Nina Mae McKinney (Hallelujah)
Lena Horne (Stormy Weather)
Ethel Waters (Cabin in the Sky)
Cicely Tyson (Sounder)
Diana Ross (Mahogany)
Pam Grier (Coffy)
Angela Bassett (The Rosa Parks Story)
Halle Berry (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)

A paper show exhibit will also be displayed at the Bernal Gallery (at the back of Cine Adarna, below the Videotheque).

The schedule of screenings is as follows:
[unless otherwise stated, screenings will be at the Cine Adarna main theater]

March .3 Monday

10am The Rosa Parks Story
1pm Mahogany
2:30pm Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (Videotheque)
4pm Coffy (Videotheque)
7pm Zou Zou


March 4 Tuesday

10am Sounder
1pm Hallelujah [part of the forum, venue to be confirmed]
4pm Cabin in the Sky
7pm Stormy Weather