Uptight
Opens on February 20
Director: Jules Dassin Run Time: 104 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1968
Starring: Frank Silvera, Julian Mayfield, Raymond St. Jacques, Roscoe Lee Browne, Ruby Dee
Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
*Join us on Sunday, February 22nd, following the 3:00 PM screening for a post-film discussion with panelists Felix Curtis, curator of the Classic Black Cinema Series, and Tre’ McGriff, curator of the CineOdyssey Animation Festival.
