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From Book to Film 2026: Essential American Voices – Passing (2021)
- Sat, Aug 1
- Sun, Aug 2
Director: Rebecca Hall Run Time: 98 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2021
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, André Holland, Bill Camp, Ruth Negga, Tessa Thompson
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada Language: EnglishIn 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white. Sundance 2021
From Book to Film 2026: Essential American Voices – The Color Purple (1985) 4K Restoration
- Sat, Aug 8
- Sun, Aug 9
Director: Steven Spielberg Run Time: 154 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1985
Starring: Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Willard E. Pugh
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, an epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. | Country: United States | Language: English
From Book to Film 2026: Essential American Voices – American Fiction (2023)
- Sat, Aug 15
- Sun, Aug 16
Director: Cord Jefferson Run Time: 117 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2023
Starring: Erika Alexander, Jeffrey Wright, Leslie Uggams, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross
Academy Award winner, Best Adapted Screenplay. TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Award. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison's writing career has stalled because his work isn’t deemed “Black enough.” Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. | Country: United States | Language: English
From Book to Film 2026: Essential American Voices – Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) 4K Restoration
- Sat, Aug 22
- Sun, Aug 23
Director: Carl Franklin Run Time: 102 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1995
Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Beals, Maury Chaykin, Tom Sizemore
A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles. | Country: United States | Language: English
From Book to Film 2026: Essential American Voices – Nickel Boys (2024)
- Sat, Aug 29
- Sun, Aug 30
Director: RaMell Ross Run Time: 140 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2024
Starring: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ethan Cole Sharp, Jase Stidwell, Najah Bradley, Sam Malone
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. | Country: United States | Language: English