Dates: Saturday, February 3, 10 & 24
Time: 10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
Place: Eugene V. Deb House
451 N. 8th St., Terre Haute
Cost: $15 Limit: 30

Back for its second year, the Black Resistance Film Series offers an accompaniment to the events sponsored for Black History Month in Terre Haute. The selections focus on feature-length films dealing with the response to systemic racism by individuals and groups. This year’s choices cover struggles from establishing a personal identity in an unwelcoming dominant society to overthrowing the bonds of slavery to form a new nation based on the slogans of the French Revolution: Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Extensive notes and discussion ideas will be part of each week’s film showing.

 Films include:
Rosewood. Starring Ving Rhames, John Voight, Don Cheadle, and Esther Rolle, this 1997 Film portrays the 1923 tragedy in which a prosperous Black community was razed by a Ku Klux Klan mob from neighboring counties. The victims fled to the Everglades, but at least 40 people were killed in the massacre.

Nothing But a Man. A searing indictment of the heavy hand of racism in the 1960s as a Black railroad worker struggles to survive and find love in an oppressive environment. Made in 1964 with soundtrack by Stevie Wonder, the film won praise for its sensitive treatment of real-life problems.

Malcolm X. Spike Lee’s 1992 riveting portrayal of Malcolm Little’s journey from rural Michigan to Harlem and his rise as Malcolm X (played by Denzel Washington) to be a leading figure in the Black Muslim movement and a prime target of the FBI.