Co-presented with Washington University Libraries’ Film & Media Archive as part of the Henry Hampton Film Series on Nov. 3, 2017. With co-director Williams, SLIFF Contemporary Cinema Award honoree and WU Film and Media Curator Brian Woodman. Sponsored by African & African-American Studies Program at Washington University.
“Tell Them We Are Rising” explores the pivotal role that historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played in American history, culture, and national identity. Today, more than half of all African-American professionals are graduates of HBCUs. The documentary tells the story of HBCUs’ vital importance to America’s black population, demonstrating the power of higher education to transform lives and advance civil rights and equality in the face of intolerance and injustice. The film is co-directed by an all-star duo of documentarians: former SLIFF Contemporary Cinema Award honoree Stanley Nelson and Marco Williams, who receives the award at this year’s fest. -- Cinema St. Louis
The Henry Hampton Film Series premiered in 2014 and seeks to share documentary films made by minority filmmakers or that depict the stories of often underrepresented groups with a focus on the African American experience. The Henry Hampton Film Series is a great opportunity for audiences to see first-run documentaries before their general release and to meet and talk to visiting filmmakers. The Henry Hampton Film Series is a co-presentation of the Washington University Libraries and Cinema St. Louis.
Henry Hampton (1940-98) was a St. Louis native and 1961 graduate of Washington University. In 1968, he established his Boston-based company Blackside, Inc., that quickly became the largest African-American-owned film production company of its time. Hampton's works chronicle the 20th century's great political and social movements, focusing on the lives of the poor and disenfranchised.
The Henry Hampton Collection is housed at Washington University Film & Media Archive. The 35,000-plus items in the Henry Hampton Collection include film and videotape (570 hours of original footage and 730 hours of stock footage), photographs, scripts, storyboards, producers' notes, interviews, music, narration, posters, study guides, books and other materials.
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