In celebration of Black History Month, the Annenberg Space for
Photography will screen Ava DuVernay’s historical drama, Selma. The
film chronicles the Alabama city’s suffrage movement, in the wake of
the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. While the Act provided
the legal basis for desegregation of the South, rampant discrimination
still made it difficult, if not impossible, for blacks to register to
vote. By 1965, Selma, Alabama became the battleground in the struggle
for representation. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to
Montgomery, with their heroic efforts culminating in President Lyndon
Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The film features
Lakeith Stanfield and Oprah Winfrey, who are also included in Vanity
Fair: Hollywood Calling. For the duration of Hollywood Calling, the
Photo Space will showcase some of the greatest films by the directors
and actors portrayed in the exhibition, coinciding with Black History
Month (February), Women’s History Month (March), National Humor
Month (April), Asian Pacific American Month (May), Pride (June), and a
fun, Hollywood summer blockbuster for July. In this arresting and
iconic exhibition – curated by Vanity Fair’s creative development
editor David Friend, and the magazine’s former director of
photography Susan White – Vanity Fair: Hollywood Calling features
photographic portraiture and multimedia installations that capture the
magic and glamour of the film and television industry’s major
players from the last four decades.
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