323 Sixth Ave. at West 3rd St.
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Join us this month for the last screening in our Winter/Spring lineup, SET IT OFF – a fierce and socially conscious heist film starring Vivica A. Fox, Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, and Kimberly Elise as four close friends who plan and execute a bank robbery. Presented by Yoruba Richen!
WHAT: Yoruba Richen presents SET IT OFF
WHEN: Monday, April 15th @ 8:00pm
WHERE: IFC Center – 323 6th Avenue at W. 3rd St.
Set It Off
USA. 1996. 123 minutes. Directed by F. Gary Gray.
In the 90’s, lesbian chic was all the rage, but as documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen remembers, there was (and remains) few images for black women to identify with, which is why this film, about 4 women who rob a bank, meant so much to her: “When Set it Off came out we had a reason to go to the movies on a Friday night, bring our dates and swoon over butch Queen Latifah and beautiful Jada Pinkett. The film showed black women being bad and sexy and going for what we wanted. I ate it up and began to dream that maybe one day I could make films that showed us in all of our complexity- fearless, flawed and determined.”
More about Yoruba:
Yoruba Richen is a documentary filmmaker who has directed and produced films in the U.S. and abroad including Africa, South America and Southeast Asia. Her latest film The New Black has received widespread support and will air on PBS in 2014. Yoruba’s previous film Promised Land, received a Diverse Voices Co-Production fund award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and was broadcast on the Emmy-Award winning program POV in 2010. Yoruba is a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow.
As always, our screening will be followed by drinks and discussion at Julius Bar (159 West 10th St. at Waverly), the oldest gay bar in New York City.
And stay tuned for announcements on Queer/Art/Film’s Summer screenings!
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