Buck and the Preacher by Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier’s directorial debut employs the genre’s traditional narratives to challenge notions of freedom for African Americans in the post–Civil War West as they face relentless pursuit by racist bounty hunters. Buck (played by Poitier), a former Union soldier turned trail guide, and the Preacher (a con artist played by Harry Belafonte) lead a group of freed slaves to safety in the West. A trembling suspension between the two men builds as they cat-and-mouse their way across the dusty trails of Durango, Mexico, creating an unsettling allegory about the tenuous and often conflicted alliances that Black individuals had to forge in the face of systemic oppression. Presented in a new 4K restoration. 1972, US, DCP, 102 min.
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Nov 28 to Nov 29
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