![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities, both descended from slaves but of disparate opportunity - the light-skinned, property-owning Creoles and the darker-skinned, more disenfranchised families of the area. Jenkins, and crafted by an entirely African American cast and crew, Cane River is a racially-charged love story set in Natchitoches Parish, a “free community of color” in Louisiana. Written, produced, and directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian, Horace B. The exhibition explores what it meant to be a Black artist in America during two revolutionary decades, from the 1960s and the Civil Rights movement to the early 1980s and the emergence of identity politics. Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power is on view in Houston from June 27th through August 30th as the final presentation of the three-year tour. Cane River will play via MFAH’s virtual cinema from July 22nd – August 30th for $12 accompanied by a free online conversation with Sacha Jenkins (son of the film’s late director Horace Jenkins and director of Fresh Dressed and Wu Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men) and Bun B on HCAS YouTube Channel on Tuesday, July 28th at 7pm CST. Houston Cinema Arts Society is partnering with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston for a special virtual engagement of Cane River in conjunction with the MFAH’s new exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power. ![]()
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