Los Angeles, Calif. – This August, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opens the exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971, an in-depth look at Black participation and influence in American filmmaking, from the dawn of cinema in the late 19th century to the civil rights movements of the 1960s and their aftermath into the early ‘70s. The opening of the exhibition is complemented by Regeneration: An Introduction, a film series that highlights the groundbreaking pioneers and films explored in the galleries.
All screenings take place in our beautiful Ted Mann Theater (TMT) and David Geffen Theater (DGT). Regeneration: An Introduction kicks off with the world theatrical premiere of a “lost” film newly preserved by the Academy Film Archive. Additional brand-new Academy Film Archive-restorations will screen throughout the run of the exhibition. Select screenings include introductions, Q&As, and/or special guests, so please check our website for updates, download our digital film guide, or follow us @academymuseumscreenings on Instagram.
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Technicolor Summer: Doris Day Matinees
August 5–19
In celebration of what would have been Doris Day’s centennial year, the Academy Museum is proud to present a matinee series of some of the singer and screen legend’s best-loved films. The series comprises seven titles, including Pillow Talk (1959), which scored Day her sole Oscar® nomination for Best Actress.
April in Paris (1952)
Fri, Aug 5 | 2pm | TMT | 35mm
Calamity Jane (1953)
Sat, Aug 6 | 2pm | TMT | 35mm
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Sun, Aug 7 | 2pm | TMT | 35mm
The Pajama Game (1957)
Fri, Aug 12 | 2pm | TMT | DCPPillow Talk (1959)
Sat, Aug 13 | 2pm | TMT | 35mm
Lover Come Back (1961)
Sun, Aug 14 | 2pm | TMT | 35mm
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Fri, Aug 19 | 2pm | TMT | DCP
Regeneration: An Introduction
August 25–September 29
Reform School (1939)
Thu, Aug 25 | 7:30pm | TMT | DCP
The Flying Ace (1926)
Sat, Aug 27 | 5pm | TMT | 35mm
The Emperor Jones (1933) with Princess Tam Tam (1935)
Sat, Aug 27 | 7:30pm | TMT | 35mm
Dark Manhattan (1937) with Murder in Harlem (1935)
Thu, Sep 1 | 7:30pm | TMT | DCP
The Blood of Jesus (1941) with Hell-Bound Train (1930)
Fri, Sep 2 | 7:30pm | TMT | DCP
Stormy Weather (1943) with The Duke is Tops (1938)
Sat, Sep 3 | 7:30pm | TMT | DCP
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946) with The Girl from Chicago (1932)
Thu, Sep 8 | 7:30pm | TMT | DCPNo Way Out (1950) with Native Son (1951)
Fri, Sep 9 | 7:30pm | TMT | DCP, 35mm
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) with The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
Sat, Sep 10 | 7:30pm | TMT | 35mm
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)with
The Learning Tree (1969)
Fri, Sep 23 | 7:30pm | TMT | DCP
La permission (The Story of a Three-Day Pass) (1968) with Nothing but a Man (1964)
Sat, Sep 24 | 7:30pm | TMT | DCP, 35mm
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) with Black Chariot (1971)
Thu, Sep 29 | 7:30pm | TMT | DCP, 35mm
The Academy Museum is honored to present a film series to accompany the landmark exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971 that will cover the same 70+ year span as the exhibition, from cinema’s infancy in the 1890s to the early 1970s. The film series offers a closer look at the films highlighted in Regeneration, which explores the achievements and challenges of African Americans in the film industry. The series kicks off with the world premiere of Reform School (1939), a newly restored race film (movies made with all-Black casts that were distributed almost exclusively to Black audiences throughout the segregated United States) previously thought to be lost.
Family Matinees
Ongoing
Every Saturday, the Academy Museum screens films for families of all ages. All movies in this series are rated G or PG, unless otherwise noted. The final Family Matinee of every month is an accommodative screening where we offer open captioning, keep the theater dimly lit, and maintain a lower volume for neurodivergent viewers. This August, we will screen movies chosen by Academy Museum staff. In September, we honor the centennial of the birth of screen legend Judy Garland.
The Academy Museum’s 2021–2022 programming is made possible by the support of our generous partners, including:
Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
Participant in support of programs that engage diverse audiences in the intersection of art and activism.
Ruderman Family Foundation in support of Academy Museum inclusion initiatives and programming.
Cinecittà in support of an annual programming series of Italian Cinema.
Gigi Pritzker Pucker and the Pritzker Foundation in generous support of social impact programs.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in support of Academy Museum programs focused on science and technology in film and the science and technology of film.
Donors to our fund in support of AAPI programming, including Esther S. M. Chui-Chao, Julia and Ken Gouw, and Dr. Peter Lam Kin Ngok of Media Asia Group Holdings Limited.
The generous support of Televisa Foundation-Univision in celebration of Mexican Cinema.
Jacob Andreou and Carly Steel in support of Halloween film screenings.
Regeneration is co-curated by Doris Berger, Vice President of Curatorial Affairs at the Academy Museum, and Rhea Combs, Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, with the Academy Museum’s J. Raúl Guzmán, Assistant Curator as well as Manouchka Kelly Labouba and Emily Rauber Rodriguez, Research Assistants. Regeneration is made possible in part by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Technology solutions generously provided by Christie®. Lead support provided by Campari®. Generous support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, and Octavia Spencer. Support also provided by Sybil Robson Orr, Daniel Allen Sims and Althea R. Miller-Sims, Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois, Chaz Hammel-Smith Ebert and Rogerebert.com, Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary and Revelations Entertainment, Max and Kahlia Konan, Emma Koss, Alana Mayo, Mary Parent and Javier Chapa, Nina Shaw and Wallace Little, and Yeardley Smith. Exhibition programs are made possible in part by California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Academy Film Archive restorations are funded in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation. Academy Museum Digital Engagement Platform sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Regeneration received the 2018 Sotheby’s Prize for curatorial excellence and for facilitating an exhibition that explores overlooked or underrepresented areas of art history.