The Museum of Modern Art will feature the films of Euzhan Palcy during the month of May. Palcy (b. Martinique, 1958), who in 1989 became the first black woman director to have her work produced by a major Hollywood studio (with MGM’s A Dry White Season), explores themes of race, gender, and politics from a… Read more »
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Charles Burnett: The Power to Endure April 6–25, 2011
The Museum of Modern Art will feature the films of Charles Burnett throughout the month of April. Burnett has long borne the dubious distinction of being, as critic Armond White observed, “the least well-known great American filmmaker.” In Charles Burnett: Interviews (University Press of Mississippi, 2011), Burnett cites the phrase “the power to endure” as… Read more »