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A Warm December (1973), directed by and starring Sidney Poitier. In this film, Jamaica actress Esther Anderson plays Catherine Oswandu, and she is the anchor of the film. Oswandu, a chic, natural-hair princess from the fictional African nation of Torunda, in London on her country’s behalf amid high-stakes political negotiations. Dr. Matt Younger (Poitier) falls in love with her, but their time is cut short.
I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole of 70s Black cinema. The kind of films where raw talent carries the whole frame. Performers who held their weight without high-tech gloss and without algorithms. Just presence, craft, and a camera.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Screening begins at 6:00 p.m.
Attire is Black chic. Think warm sweaters, turtlenecks, a tailored pant you’ve wanted to wear this holiday season, leather boots. Blacks, reds, browns, deep oranges, greens. Silver and gold jewelry, subtle or exaggerated. That watch you like, but never wear. Relaxed, comfy, elevated. Just don’t over think it. I promise you’re fly.
Image: A Warm December (1973). © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Courtesy of Swank Motion Pictures. Used by permission.
A Warm December (1973), directed by and starring Sidney Poitier. In this film, Jamaica actress Esther Anderson plays Catherine Oswandu, and she is the anchor of the film. Oswandu, a chic, natural-hair princess from the fictional African nation of Torunda, in London on her country’s behalf amid high-stakes political negotiations. Dr. Matt Younger (Poitier) falls in love with her, but their time is cut short.
I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole of 70s Black cinema. The kind of films where raw talent carries the whole frame. Performers who held their weight without high-tech gloss and without algorithms. Just presence, craft, and a camera.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Screening begins at 6:00 p.m.
Attire is Black chic. Think warm sweaters, turtlenecks, a tailored pant you’ve wanted to wear this holiday season, leather boots. Blacks, reds, browns, deep oranges, greens. Silver and gold jewelry, subtle or exaggerated. That watch you like, but never wear. Relaxed, comfy, elevated. Just don’t over think it. I promise you’re fly.
Image: A Warm December (1973). © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Courtesy of Swank Motion Pictures. Used by permission.