Valentine's Day 2020 ReelRap with Dorothy Dandridge, Richard Pryor

7 p.m. Friday, February 14 2020

Love Gone Wrong with Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte;

Love Gone Right with Richard Pryor and Cicely Tyson

Even if you hate musicals, Carmen Jones might make you a fan.

Dorothy Dandridge > (sometimes billed as “The Black Marilyn Monroe”) became the first African American nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her title role in Otto Preminger’s 1954 spin on the Hammerstein musical based on Bizet’s famous final opera “Carmen.”

Fun and fast moving, this iconic WWII love-gone-(really) wrong classic has some of everything -- lop-sided love triangles, Tuskegee “fly boys”, nightclub brawls, voodoo and boxing -- and stars Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey and Diahann Carroll and Olga James in the supporting cast.

Bustin' Loose > is a Sweet "Sleeper" Film

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Bustin' Loose > (1981) : QUICK PLOT TAKE: " Parole officer Donald ( Robert Christian ) compels his foul-mouthed ex-con charge Joe Braxton ( Richard Pryor ) to escort a bus full of special education students from Philadelphia to the Pacific Northwest, where their teacher Vivian Perry ( Cicely Tyson ) plans to

set up a new school. But when Braxton's latest attempt at going straight becomes a frustrating series of mishaps, he struggles to complete the job he was hired to do while resisting his growing affection for Vivian and the children."

In 1939, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Oscar. . . for her role as "Mammy"

in Gone With the Wind.

For a list of African American Academy Award Winners and Nominees click here >

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Screenings take place at the offices

of outside the box >, 1272 Delaware Avenue

( in the carriage house ), Buffalo, NY 14209

Admission is free, but seating is limited and

on a first come, first served basis. Email unboxedink@gmail.com t o reserve a seat --

or call / text 716.445.5122.

Doors open 30 minutes before screening time, and a brief discussion may follow the first movie. Popcorn, cider and water are on the house.

The location is handicapped accessible.

Off-street parking is free: follow the driveway

around to the back of the carriage house and park directly behind the large building to the left of the carriage house.

For more information about 2020 ReelRap call

716-445-5122 or email outtheboks@aol.com.

2020 reelrap

4 p.m. Sunday February 23

Uncle Tom's Cabin

[ 1927 silent ]