Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary
Another Country: Outsider Visions of America
August 2 - 14, 2019
One of the rarest items in this series, director Yolande du Luart’s documentary about legendary political activist Angela Davis began shooting in 1969, when she was a subject of increasing scrutiny after coming out as a Communist, provoking the ire of administrators and governor Ronald Reagan.
This documentary about the legendary political activist is one of the rarest items in this series. Director Yolande du Luart had been involved in Lettrist circles in France before decamping for California to study film at UCLA, where her classmates included Charles Burnett and Haile Gerima. During this time, UCLA professor Angela Davis was a subject of increasing scrutiny after coming out as a Communist, provoking the ire of administrators and governor Ronald Reagan. Believing that Davis would be an ideal film subject, du Luart immediately began making a documentary, though she would ultimately return to France to complete the project after receiving unwanted attention from the FBI. “Over the course of events,” writes Nicole Brenez, “this appreciative and sensitive portrait of a politically engaged philosopher had been transformed into a call for the liberation of an imprisoned activist and an internationalist revolutionary manifesto.”
Note: This film is presented with its original 16mm optical sound and dialogue may be difficult to discern in sections.
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