It’s Nation Time: An Evening of Black Cinema

Friday, August 7, 2026 | The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Room 201
Doors at 6:30pm | Screening at 7:00pm
Free (Reservations Required)

Join us for a powerful triple feature that explores the depth, defiance, and diverse aesthetics of Black liberation cinema. Moving from the fiery, historic political stages of the 1970s to modern, avant-garde interior worlds, this lineup captures the relentless pursuit of self-determination.

• Nationtime (1972, Director William Greaves) offers an essential, energized chronicle of the 1972 National Black Political Convention, capturing a monumental moment of collective political organizing.
• Cultural Nationalism (1968, Director Skip Norman) provides a sharp, observational lens on the ideologies, aesthetics, and community presence of the Black Panther Party in Oakland.
• Conspiracy (2022, Directors Simone Leigh and Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich) shifts the gaze inward, offering a stunning, poetic, and contemporary tribute to the labor, visibility, and silent resilience of Black women artists.

Together, these films form a profound dialogue between the past and the present, documenting not just the struggle for liberation, but the art born from it.

Photo by Ollie Photography.

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