This February, DelArt Cinema celebrates Black History Month with a series of screenings that show just how powerful love can be.
From finding your significant other-type of love, to the love for a friend that ends up getting you in trouble, to love that’s so uniquely “family”; these films highlight one of the most prolific eras of black filmmaking. A generation of filmmakers who wanted to tell their own stories from their own perspectives and would do what was necessary to make it happen.
Director Reginald Hudlin was a fan of American Graffiti. He even admired the films of John Hughes. He kept thinking how black Americans have these experiences too…but they’re not on the big screen.
Enter House Party. A teen that gets in trouble, and can’t go to a party…then, with the help of his best friend, proceeds to do everything he can to go to that party. Filmgoers saw that story play out countless times…but not like this. A premiere in a packed theatre at Sundance, an opening weekend that saw the studio already recoup their entire budget, and video stores across America struggling to keep a copy on shelves. Hollywood’s long-held view that no one cared about black teen movies was quickly proved wrong.
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