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Sat, Mar 25, 2023 7:30 PM EDT (-04:00)
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TFS Presents: The Symbol of the Unconquered
Coming up next in our special series of Saturday Night Zoom programmes is the 1920 silent film The Symbol of the Unconquered
By TFS - Screening Vintage Films Since 1948
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Date and time
Saturday, February 25 · 4:30 - 7pm PST
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About this event
TFS recognizes Black History Month with a screening of this 1920 silent film from groundbreaking African-American independent filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. When a mixed-race woman travels to her newly-inherited land, she gets help from a kindly neighbour, who becomes the target of the Ku Klux Klan after discovering his land sits atop a vast oil reserve. Described as a rebuttal to D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915), the film is a powerful meditation on the way perceptions of race shape human relationships.
The film will be introduced by TFS Board Member and Special Events Producer Powys Dewhurst.
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TFS - Screening Vintage Films Since 1948TFS is one of Canada’s oldest film appreciation groups. It was originally formed to meet the demand for Canadian and international forgotten, banned, independent, and fringe sound and silent films, and to support their preservation and restoration. It is a volunteer run, membership driven, non-profit organization dedicated to the study of the artistic, historic, and social significance of cinema. Our expertly-curated films (from 1910-80, of various genres) are shown on the big screen, as they were meant to be enjoyed. Some are rare archival prints not easily obtained by the general public. Our extraordinary series, festivals, and events engage diverse cinephiles of all ages from Toronto and beyond.