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SUMMARY:The Spook who Sat by the Door
DESCRIPTION:In-person: Introduction by Nomathande Dixon\, daughter of Ivan 
 Dixon\; Natiki Hope Pressley\, daughter of Sam Greenlee. Q&A with 
 University of Hawaii Professor Christine Acham\, actor J.A. 
 Preston.\n\n\nAdmission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be 
 assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are 
 assigned on a first come\, first served basis. The box office opens one 
 hour before the event.\n\n\nThe Spook Who Sat by the Door\n\nU.S.\, 
 1973\n\nNew 35mm restoration!\n\nThe parallels between the story told in 
 The Spook Who Sat by the Door and the film’s production are striking and 
 powerful. Based on the explosive 1969 novel by Sam Greenlee\, who co-wrote 
 the screenplay\, director Ivan Dixon’s pull-no-punches adaptation follows 
 the CIA’s first Black agent (Lawrence Cook) — recruited as part of a 
 Potemkin integration policy — from the halls of power to the streets of 
 Chicago where he uses the agency’s own training to foment a violent Black 
 revolution. For his part\, Dixon shot the film guerrilla-style\, deploying 
 the action tropes of Blaxploitation to revolutionary ends\, using their 
 camera as a weapon in the ongoing cultural war of self-representation. The 
 Archive is honored to present the world premiere screening of a new 35mm 
 restoration of this underground classic.  \n\n35mm\, color\, 102 min. 
 Director: Ivan Dixon. Screenwriters: Sam Greenlee\, Melvin Clay. With: 
 Lawrence Cook\, Janet League\, Paula Kelly. \n\nRestored by The Library of 
 Congress and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas 
 Family Foundation.
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
ORGANIZER;CN="Katy Nicholas":MAILTO:katynicholas13@gmail.com
CATEGORIES:Screening
CONTACT;CN="Katy Nicholas":MAILTO:katynicholas13@gmail.com
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URL:https://calendar.library.ucla.edu/event/14294723
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