Presented by

The University of Texas at Austin

Office of Community and School Relations and

the City of Austin

Parks and Recreation Department

 

Text Box: Marching On: Independent African American 
Films From 1935—1950

 

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:

 

The University of Texas at Austin

Office of Community and School Relations

Center for African and African American Studies

Center for American History

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum

                                                      

City of Austin:

Parks and Recreation Department

George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center

 

           COMMUNITY PARTNERS:   

                                                      

Producer Level Sponsor

University Federal Credit Union

Southwestern Bell Communications         

          

Writer Level Sponsor

Austin Police Association       

Austin Police Women’s Association

Texas Commission on the Arts

 

                                                      

                     

For GENERAL INFORMATION about the film festival,

please call (512) 232-4850 or (512) 974-4926

or click HERE to email us.

 

For AUTOMATED INFORMATION about film showings, call (512) 232-4854.

 

For DIRECTIONS to the exhibitions, click HERE.

 

 

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

February 1 — March 4, 2006

 a curated film series of features, shorts, newsreels and an exhibition of film posters, photographs, lobby cards, press books, heralds and promotional materials selected from the James E. Wheeler Collection, including a special tribute to producer-director-writer-actor-technician Spencer Williams.

Murder in Harlem, 1935
Written, produced and directed by Oscar MicheauxMidnight Shadow, 1939 directed by George RandolSouls of Sin presented by William D. AlexanderSouls of Sin presented by William D. AlexanderBlood of Jesus, 1941, Produced and Directed by Spencer WilliamsWhere's my Man To-nite? aka Marching On, 1943, Written and directed by Spencer WilliamsMidnight Shadow, 1939, directed by George Randol