In the Heat of the Night, a classic and groundbreaking thriller, follows the uneasy alliance between a black Philadelphia detective (Sidney Poitier) and a racist Mississippi sheriff (Rod Steiger) as they investigate a murder in a small Southern town. Directed by Norman Jewison, the film's e...
Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia*World Premiere “Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia” is a full-length documentary focusing on the effects of gun violence on young men, women and mothers living in Philadelphia. USA | 69 min Director: Kyra Knox Producer: Kyra Knox Executive Producers: Allen Iver...
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillesp...
Where:Various locations including Historic Germantown, 5501 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA Black Cinema Weekend at the Philadelphia Film Center February 1-4, 2024 Join the Philadelphia Film Society fora weekend celebrating Black cinema. You can buy individual tickets for each screening or save by ...
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A series following three black women from Philadelphia, two of them Muslim, trying to break into the media industry while being met with challenges in mental health, faith, and loss due to gun violence. USA | 12:57 min Director: Zareefa Abdul-Adl ...
This modern Western centers on a North Philadelphia block where people live a little more simply. When 15-year-old Cole (Caleb McLaughlin) can’t stop getting in trouble at school, his mother drives him from Detroit to spend the summer in Philadelphia with his estranged father, Harp (Luther...
‘mixed-race’…I don’t see many Black women in British TV or film and when I do see them, they’re just throw away characters. A friend of mine created a little report on Black women for a channel and it had like 20 something million views shared, and they said as soon as the...
Then a twelve-year-old girl tracks Skye down during one of her brief visits to her hometown of Philadelphia and informs Skye that she’s “her egg.” Skye’s life is thrown into sharp relief and she decides that it might be time to actually try to have a meaningful relationship with an...
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