Langston Hughes African American Film Festival 2008

THE BLACK AND THE GREEN - This rarely-seen, somewhat controversial 1982 film documents the visit of five African American community activists to West Belfast, Northern Ireland. THE BLACK AND THE GREEN explores parallels between Northern Irish Catholics and African Americans in the Civil Rights movement as the delegation members observe “crushed tenements, graffiti-stained walls and heavily armed law officers," as Richard Harrington wrote in the Washington Post. The delegation and their Irish hosts try to find out what they have in common in the areas of human rights and social change. The film was originally made for PBS but was withdrawn before it could be aired. This is rare film, and we were unable to get prints directly from the master. Please bear with us, the content is outstanding.