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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Two men speak to each other through prison bars
Screenings

Lost African American TV: Robert L. Goodwin’s “The Upper Chamber”

SAT NOV 19, 7:30 PM

Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series Archive Television Treasures. Register at cinema.ucla.edu to attend this in-theater screening.

In-person Q&A with Robert Goodwin Jr., son of Robert L. Goodwin, moderated by Ina Archer, NMAAHC.

Insight: “The Death of Simon Jackson”

Robert L. Goodwin’s teleplay concerns a gifted Black poet (actor Robert DoQui of Robert Altman’s Nashville) who embraces militancy for social change, while rejecting violence and toeing the line of the status quo.

Special thanks to David Moore, Paulist Productions.

(1969, dir. Ralph Senensky, DCP, color, 30 min.)

H. Andrew Williams' Kaleidoscope Company

Written, produced, and co-starring Robert L. Goodwin this expertly written and mounted drama eavesdrops on four men awaiting execution on death row. In their final hours, as they contemplate the nature of fate, their stories are juxtaposed against the tale of the crucifixion, with the men appearing in flashback biblical scenes that replicate key events in their present-day lives.

(1968, dir. Buck Richard Pennington, DCP, b&w, 60 min.)