Black on Screen: Foundations of Pop, from the Blues to Purple Rain
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 @ 5:30pm
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York
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Black on Screen: A Century of Radical Visual Culture continues with “100 Years of Black Music on Camera.” From Jazz, to Funk, to Hip-Hop, this season celebrates the sonic archive of Black life as seen and heard on film and video. Foundations of Pop, from the Blues to Purple Rain celebrates the legacy of the legendary American musician, Prince. Join us as we light up the Center in purple and a screen the concert film, Prince and the Revolution Live from the Moving Image and Recorded Sound division.
The screening of Prince and the Revolution Live (Runtime: 62 mins) will be followed by a talkback with ethnomusicologist, Dr. Fredara Mareva Hadley, Associate Vice Provost at New York University, De Angela Duff, and Schomburg Curatorial Specialist, Daniella Brito.
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Black on Screen: Foundations of Pop, from the Blues to Purple Rain
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY, 10037-1801
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