FILM SERIES: Gordon Parks
July 16, 2021 - November 19, 2021
Alabama Contemporary Art Center
301 Conti Street
Mobile, Alabama
In three free public events throughout the summer and fall of 2021, ACAC will partner with the Mobile Museum of Art to screen a series of films directed by the famed photojournalist Gordon Parks. These events will be in conjunction with MMoA’s special exhibition Gordon Parks: Segregation Story in Mobile, 1956.
Film Schedule:
Shaft – Friday, July 16 @ 6:30 pm
Leadbelly – Friday, September 24 @ 6:30 pm
The Learning Tree – Friday, November 19 @ 6:30 pm
About GORDON PARKS: Segregation Story in Mobile, 1956
This exhibition of photographs documents the everyday activities and rituals of one extended black family, the Thorntons, in Mobile and Shady Grove, Alabama, during segregation. The images were originally published in a 1956 photo essay by Parks, an assignment from Life magazine after the Montgomery bus boycotts, but have come to be known around the world for helping to inspire the Civil Rights movement.
Community Programming support by Mobile City Council members: Joel Daves (District 5), Gina Gregory (District 7), Bess Rich (District 6), Frederick D. Richardson, Jr. (District 1), C.J. Small (District 3), and John C. Williams (District 4).
Programs are subject to change pending guidance from public health officials. Please sign up for ACAC’s and MMofA’s e-blast and/or check our social media channels for updates closer to the event(s).