A rare silent film with an all-Black cast screens at the Somerville Theatre
A rare silent film with an all-Black cast screens at the Somerville Theatre
www.wbur.org A rare silent film with an all-Black cast screens at the Somerville Theatre
The 1926 film "The Flying Ace" will be screened with live musical accompaniment to mark Black History Month. The film is one of the few remaining examples of a genre of early cinema marketed to Black audiences during the era of segregation.