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ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF REGENERATION: BLACK CINEMA 1898–1971 OPENING ON AUGUST 21, 2022 

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The first museum exhibition of its kind, Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971 opens at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on August 21, 2022. It offers the public a chance to learn more about how Black performers and filmmakers have helped define cinema in the United States.

The Nicholas Brothers in a scene from Stormy Weather (1943), Fayard Nicholas, left, and Harold Nicholas, photographic print, gelatin silver. Courtesy Margaret Herrick Library, © Twentieth Century Fox

Academy Museum Announces Details of Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971 Opening on August 21, 2022

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