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Black History Month Film: Night Catches Us
Monday, February 11 - Friday, February 15 at 6pm
Student Union Video Theater
Free
 
Night Catches Us 
 
Official Sundance Selection Film
Featuring a score by The Roots
Winner of awards at the Seattle & New Orleans Film Festivals

Anthony Mackie, Jamara Griffin, Kerry Washington
Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Tanya Hamilton
Rated R; 90 minutes; 2011
 
 
 
In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in the midst of the Black Power movement. While his arrival raises suspicion among his family and former neighbors, he finds acceptance from his old friend Patricia and her daughter. However, Marcus quickly finds himself at odds with the organization he once embraced, whose members suspect he orchestrated the slaying of their former comrade-in-arms. In a startling sequence of events, Marcus must protect a secret that could shatter everyone's beliefs as he rediscovers his forbidden passion for Patricia.