Event Series Black Visions: Film as Archive

This series features films by Black directors and artists that center memory, history, and archival practice in the history of Black visual culture

A hand wearing a blue latex glove restores a cracked mural showing a person's face
Faith Ringgold’s "For The Women's House" restoration in Paint Me a Road Out of Here (Catherine Gund, 2025). Courtesy Aubin Pictures

Past

  1. Screening: Horace Tapscott: Musical Griot with Barbara McCullough

    Film

    A film still of a man playing piano shot from a low angle against a black background, with the words "Horace Tapscott: Musical Griot. A Film by Barbara McCullough"

    Film about a composer and Los Angeles jazz history, featuring the director

    Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026

  2. Screening: Paint Me a Road Out of Here

    Film

    Two women, one older and one younger, sit on a porch laughing

    Film about an artwork in Rikers Island prison followed by a discussion with the filmmakers on reparative justice

    Wednesday, Oct 22, 2025

  3. L.A. Rebellion with Julie Dash, Bryant Griffin, Kitty Hu, and LeRonn Brooks

    Film, Talk

    A black and white photograph of four young people in 1970's attire in front of a house. The third figure is looking through a film camera while the second holds a notepad and pencil.

    A screening of the Artbound episode “L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement” followed by a conversation between Julie Dash, Bryant Griffin, Kitty Hu, and LeRonn Brooks about the historical and contemporary role of Black film as a revolutionary practice

    Mar 26, 2025