Francine Everett as Gertie La Rue, a nightclub performer who flees Harlem for a Caribbean island.
"It has been almost a year since Barry Jenkins’s 'Moonlight' won the Oscar for best picture. This awards season, Jordan Peele’s 'Get Out' and Dee Rees’s 'Mudbound' have received multiple nominations and accolades, optimistic signs that black filmmakers are receiving more opportunities in the movie industry. ... The critical and box-office success of 'Get Out' and the very existence of big-studio productions like 'Black Panther' are good reasons to revisit the remarkable, complex story of black filmmaking in America. For Black History Month, we have selected 28 essential films from the 20th century pertaining to African-American experiences. These aren’t the 28 essential black-themed films, but a calendar of suggested viewing. We imposed a chronological cutoff in an effort to look back at where we were and how we got to here. ..."
NY Times (Video)
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