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I Heard It Through the Grapevine

(Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley, 1982)

New Restoration

A black and white image of two men sitting in chairs looking to the left of the frame. The man on the right is talking and gesturing with his hands.
May 23, 2024 7:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

$7 members and adults 55 and over
$9 general public
$5 students

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A moving, personal portrait of iconic writer and activist James Baldwin as he revisits the Civil Rights struggle of the 1950s and 60s.

Rereleased in conjunction with the James Baldwin centennial, I Heard it Through the Grapevine follows Baldwin’s return to the South, where he visits important sites of the Civil Rights Movement and meets with key figures, including Ralph Abernathy and Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. As he travels from Selma to Atlanta to Birmingham (and to Newark to meet with writer and activist Amiri Baraka) he considers the promises of the movement and the fallacy of progress in its wake. (92 mins., 4K DCP)

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I Heard it Through the Grapevine, courtesy of the Film Desk.

"It’s a living document, providing a ground-level look at the struggle against white supremacy from those who lived through some of its darkest hours."
Ross McIndoe, Slant

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Restored by Harvard Film Archive. Special thanks to Gugulethu Mseleku, Smokey Fontaine, the late Dick Fontaine, and Pat Hartley.

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY 
National Endowment for the Arts 
Ohio Humanities

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY 
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY 
Ohio Department of Development

Greater Columbus Arts Council

The Wexner Family 
Institute of Museum and Library Services

Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts 
CampusParc 
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme 
The Columbus Foundation 
Axium Packaging 
Nationwide Foundation 
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY 
Mike and Paige Crane 
Nancy Kramer 
Ohio State Energy Partners 
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection 
Larry and Donna James 
David Crane and Elizabeth Dang 
Bruce and Joy Soll 
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle 
Jones Day 
Alex and Renée Shumate

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine

May 23, 2024 7:00 PM EST
Film/Video Theater

$7 members and adults 55 and over
$9 general public
$5 students

ACCESSIBILITY 
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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