Apr 2nd 2024
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1970) / The Story of a Three Day Pass (1967)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, April 2nd, at 7PM
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1970) / The Story of a Three Day Pass (1967)
Terence Dixon / Melvin Van Peebles · 26m / 87m · DCP
From Josephine Baker to Miles Davis, Black Americans sought refuge in Paris from segregation. Shunned by Hollywood, Melvin Van Peebles similarly used France’s patronage to make his debut. The Story of a Three Day Pass tells a Fanonian story of a Black G.I. whose search for liberation leads him into the arms of Miriam, a white shop clerk. In the preceding short, writer and activist James Baldwin is shown in his Paris days, fighting against the white gaze the British film crew casts upon him.
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