It’s Nation Time: An Evening of Black Cinema

It’s Nation Time: An Evening of Black Cinema

Join us for a powerful triple feature that explores the depth, defiance, and diverse aesthetics of Black liberation cinema. Moving from the fiery, historic political stages of the 1970s to modern, avant-garde interior worlds, this lineup captures the relentless pursuit of self-determination.

• Nationtime (1972, Director William Greaves) offers an essential, energized chronicle of the 1972 National Black Political Convention, capturing a monumental moment of collective political organizing.
• Cultural Nationalism (1968, Director Skip Norman) provides a sharp, observational lens on the ideologies, aesthetics, and community presence of the Black Panther Party in Oakland.
• Conspiracy (2022, Directors Simone Leigh & Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich) shifts the gaze inward, offering a stunning, poetic, and contemporary tribute to the labor, visibility, and silent resilience of Black women artists.

Together, these films form a profound dialogue between the past and the present, documenting not just the struggle for liberation, but the art born from it.

Part of Court Theatre’s Spotlight Reading Series. Artwork by Brandon Breaux.