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Black Cinema Series x Spooky Season

THE BLACKENING

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | 7:00pm

Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)
Doors open at 6:30pm

Regular ticket prices
Tickets available online in advance, at our box office during open hours, or at the door (if available).

The Blackening centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain’t no motherf****** game.

Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like A Man, Barbershop) and screenplay and screen story by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Harlem) & Dewayne Perkins (The Amber Ruffin Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), The Blackening skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?

Rated R | 1 hour 37 mins | Comedy, Horror | 2022
USA | English

Directed by Tim Story
Written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins

Meet the Panelists

Eric Grode

VANESSA J. CHEEKS | Panel Moderator, Public Affairs Professional who has worked in the public and private sector. She also volunteers with Anomaly – The Rochester Genre Film Festival.

Eric Grode
ERIC WALKER | Panelist, Supplier Quality Engineer, Graham Corporation, Batavia, NY. He’s also a proud alumnus of Rochester Institute of Technology and a Buffalo native.
Eric Grode

KAREN CULLEY | Panelist, ELA Teacher, Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School. She is also a photographer and playwright. Among her recent plays is a two-part radio horror series.

About the series

Black Cinema Series
Black Cinema Series

The Little Theatre’s Black Cinema Series, presented in partnership with the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ), screens both scripted and non-fiction films about the Black experience. With an emphasis on contemporary independent films, the series highlights Black perspectives and filmmakers, with screenings and panel discussions with community experts and filmmakers. More details about the Black Cinema Series

 

So Fetch!
Spooky Season

From crypts to cryptids, ghouls to ghastly gargoyles, The Little’s Spooky Season is here to fill your October with harrowing, haunting films and events! From classic horror to modern family-friendly fare, international frights to vampiric-vibes, we hope you join us to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, here in the house of silent shadows!
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