BLACK CINEMATHEQUE DALLAS

Seizing Control of our African Image

“Because what we see about ourselves often influences what we do about ourselves, the role of images and the question of how they control our minds are more important now than ever before.” Ancestor John Henrik Clarke

Black Cinematheque Dallas, founded in 1988 by Marilyn Clark and governed by a member Board of Directors, is your ticket to films and discussions, poetry and screen play readings, music and matinees..

A unique film program, Black Cinematheque is the only venue in the Southwest, presenting Black films by accomplished media artists from around the world on a monthly basis.  Families can enjoy documentaries, features, shorts, animation and experimental films by African American independent filmmakers as well as African filmmakers from Africa, Canada, Great Britain, and Caribbean filmmakers from Martinique, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Columbia and Brazil.

By featuring films from the African Diaspora, Black Cinematheque Dallas encourages discovery and discussion thus conveying to our audiences the shared kinship, rituals, history, traditions and diversity of Africans throughout the world. Through the world of film no matter how far apart our boundaries, we can all become closer and realize our united spirit.

Objectives
·         Support independent African and African American filmmakers by screening and promoting their films monthly;
·         Encourage and motivate those who aspire to make film by providing two or more creative and technical workshops yearly;
·         Organize a series of media literacy programs for children and youth
·         Present a monthly film series for the elders to get them off their rockers
·         Screen and discuss independent films that provide a variety of images of African Americans to the general public thereby dispelling lies and influencing positive behavior.