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The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Friday, September 26–Sunday, September 28

(1973, 102m) dir Ivan Dixon w/Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly. Freeman (Cook), the first African American in the CIA, uses guerrilla-warfare techniques to train Black young people to overthrow the government. Pulled from theaters by the FBI soon after its release, the film shows how Black radicalism was silenced in the late 1960s. Restored by the Library of Congress and the Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson Lucas Family Foundation.

FRI/SAT 7:00 9:00 SUN 3:00 5:00

Showing at The Trylon Cinema

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