African and African American Studies and Washington University Libraries present “Sighted Eyes | Feeling Heart”, a new documentary about Lorraine Hansberry as part of the Henry Hampton Film Series. Award-winning filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain explores the life and work of this passion...
See the award-winning 1961 film based on the landmark Broadway play by Lorraine Hansberry and enjoy some free snacks provided by the Libraries Student Engagement Committee. This showing of A Raisin in the Sun is in anticipation of the screening of Sighted Eyes|Feeling Heart, a new documentary abo...
Washington University Libraries and Cinema St. Louis present “Tell Them We Are Rising” as part of the Henry Hampton Film Series. The documentary explores the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played in American history, culture and national identit...
On April 19, 2017, Washington University Libraries, Cinema St. Louis, and the Missouri History Museum hosted filmmaker Jon Else as part of the Henry Hampton Film Series. Else was a cinematographer and series producer on the 1980s documentary series Eyes on the Prize. He has written about the maki...
Washington University Libraries are pleased to announce a talk with filmmaker Jon Else at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at the Missouri History Museum’s Lee Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Else will discuss his new book, True South: Henry Hampton and “Eyes on the P...
Henry Hampton, acclaimed director, civil rights activists, and founder of film company Blackside, Inc. was born and raised in Richmond Heights, MO and attended St. Louis University High School. He studied literature at Washington University and graduated in 1961. His influence was keenly felt by ...
Jon Else, filmmaker and North Gate Chair in Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, will be the featured guest for the Henry Hampton Film Series, co-sponsored by Washington University Libraries, the Missouri History Museum and Cinema St. Louis. Else will discuss his new book, “...
Join us for a free screening presented by the Washington University Libraries, Cinema St. Louis, the Missouri History Museum, and the St. Louis LGBT History Project as part of the Henry Hampton Film Series. The screening will be followed by a discussion featuring Steve Brawley of the St. Louis LG...
Join us for a free screening presented by the Washington University Libraries, the Missouri History Museum, Cinema St. Louis, and the St. Louis LGBT History Project as part of the Henry Hampton Film Series. The screening will be followed by a discussion featuring Steve Brawley of the St. Louis LG...
Thank you to everyone who came to our first Henry Hampton Film Series screening at the Missouri History Museum. The event was co-sponsored by Washington University Libraries Film & Media Archive, Cinema St. Louis, and the Missouri History Museum and there were 500 people in attendance. The sc...
