Within Our Gates (Live Score with William Hooker)

For one night only, we are partnering with Kino Lorber and renowned jazz musician William Hooker to celebrate the release of Kino’s essential Pioneers of African-American Cinema box set. Hooker and his band will perform live accompaniment to Within Our Gates, one of the films included in the set and a hallmark of African American cinema.

In this early silent film from pioneering director Oscar Micheaux, kindly Sylvia Landry (Flo Clements) takes a fundraising trip to Boston in hopes of collecting $5,000 to keep a Southern school for impoverished black children open to the public. She then meets the warmhearted Dr. Vivian (William Smith), who falls in love with Sylvia and travels with her back to the South. There, Dr. Vivian learns about Sylvia’s shocking, tragic past and realizes that racism has changed her life forever.

Dir. Oscar Micheaux. 1922. 79 min.

William Hooker’s body of uninterrupted work beginning in the mid-seventies defines him as one of the most important composers and players in jazz. As bandleader, Hooker has fielded ensembles in an incredibly diverse array of configurations. Each collaboration has brought a serious investigation of his compositional agenda and the science of the modern drum kit.











When: Fri., Dec. 9, 2016 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Videology
308 Bedford Ave., Williamsburg

Price: $40
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For one night only, we are partnering with Kino Lorber and renowned jazz musician William Hooker to celebrate the release of Kino’s essential Pioneers of African-American Cinema box set. Hooker and his band will perform live accompaniment to Within Our Gates, one of the films included in the set and a hallmark of African American cinema.

In this early silent film from pioneering director Oscar Micheaux, kindly Sylvia Landry (Flo Clements) takes a fundraising trip to Boston in hopes of collecting $5,000 to keep a Southern school for impoverished black children open to the public. She then meets the warmhearted Dr. Vivian (William Smith), who falls in love with Sylvia and travels with her back to the South. There, Dr. Vivian learns about Sylvia’s shocking, tragic past and realizes that racism has changed her life forever.

Dir. Oscar Micheaux. 1922. 79 min.

William Hooker’s body of uninterrupted work beginning in the mid-seventies defines him as one of the most important composers and players in jazz. As bandleader, Hooker has fielded ensembles in an incredibly diverse array of configurations. Each collaboration has brought a serious investigation of his compositional agenda and the science of the modern drum kit.

Buy tickets/get more info now