Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Black History Month 2024 on Turner Classic Movies

Harry Belafonte in Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

February is Black History Month, so Turner Classic Movies has a marathon of Black themed movies from February 2 through February 4 2024. It starts on February 2 at 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central with The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974). In my humble opinion, you should try to watch as many of these movies as possible, but given many of us don't have that much time to spare, here are my choices of what to watch during the marathon. All times are Central.

Friday, February 2:
7:00 PM The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

Saturday, February 3:
5:15 AM Paul Robeson: Portrait of an Artist (1979)
6:00 AM The Emperor Jones (1933)
9:00 AM Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)
10:30 AM Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
2:30 PM A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
5:00 PM In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Sunday, February 4:
1:45 AM The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
3:15 AM Greased Lightning (1977)
7:00 AM Gordon Parks: Moments without Proper Names (1988)
8:00 AM The Learning Tree (1969)
1:00 PM Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
3:00 PM Sounder (1972)
7:00 PM Bird (1988)

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