At the Movies with TIPHC
The Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture
Movies, Every Tuesday 5pm (Free)
Samuel Metters Auditorium, School of Architecture, 2nd Fl
(Movie Snacks Available)
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 – “Our Family Wedding”- Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia headline this culture-clash
comedy centered on the conflict between two headstrong fathers whose children are about to be married. With just two
weeks to go before the big day, the disagreeable dads struggle to put aside their differences long enough to plan the perfect
wedding.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 – “Every Child is Born a Poet”- Every Child Is Born a Poet follows the life of Piri Thomas from
his beginnings on the rough streets of El Barrio/Spanish Harlem to his place as one of the leading chroniclers of life in urban
America. Thomas’ autobiographical novel, "Down These Mean Streets," burst onto the literary scene in 1967 presenting a
searing portrait of immigrant life, racial conflict, and urban poverty. His language popped with street slang and flowed with a
bilingual rhythm that embodied the hybrid cultures he inhabited.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 – “The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975 ”- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 mobilizes a
treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and
revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement-Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela
Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them-the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded
interviews.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 – “Iraq in Fragments” - Applying the full spectrum of cinematic technique to a nonfiction film,
Longley made one of the most striking movies, an immersive view of life in Iraq; a record of opinions and faces from across
the country, all captured at close range.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 – “Life of a King” - Life of a King is the unlikely true story of Eugene Brown and his one-man
mission to give inner-city kids of Washington D.C. something he never had - a future. He discovered a multitude of life
lessons through the game of chess during his 18-year incarceration for bank robbery.
At the Movies with TIPHC
The Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture