People’s Cinema Club is a weekly film series curated by Philadelphia's independent film community. 

This week’s screening:

The seminal documentary on Black gay life, Emmy Award-winning director Marlon T. Riggs’ 1989 Tongues Untied uses poetry, personal testimony, rap, and performance (featuring poet Essex Hemphill and others), to describe the homophobia and racism that confront Black gay men.

Documentary Feature (1989)

Runtime: 55 min

Language: English

Dir. Marlon Riggs

Note: Open captions are provided for this screening.

About People’s Cinema Club

People’s Cinema Club is a microcinema powered by BlackStar at the Village of Industry and Art. The cinema club hosts intimate screenings for local audiences right in the heart of Center City Philadelphia. People’s Cinema Club is a collaboration between BlackStar Projects, cinéSPEAK, Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival, and Philadelphia Asian American Film Foundation. Catch a new movie each week, curated by some of your favorite organizations at the helm of film culture in Philadelphia. 

Join us every Tuesday at 6:30pm for classics, Philadelphia premieres, local films, and deep cuts right in the center of the city. Hosted in the screening room at the newly repurposed Village of Industry and Art, with free and accessible admission for all, People’s Cinema Club brings the magic of cinema to the Avenue of the Arts. 

Grab a seat. Bring your friends. This is cinema for the people.

The People’s Cinema Club is made possible through support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Village of Industry & Art is a center for creativity, craft, and community in the heart of Philadelphia, where makers and thinkers within historic buildings bring bold projects to life through process and practice. 

Location

Village of Industry & Art (320 S. Broad) , Screening Room

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