Walker Cinema

New York Times bestselling author and poet Hanif Abdurraqib’s widely published writing often explores music’s relationship with Black experience in America. Guest curating a series of films this summer at the Walker, Abdurraqib took cues from his recent books Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest and A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance to organize a look back at the 1990s as a particularly vibrant moment of critical mass for the representation of Black music in film.

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the Walker’s self-select cinema.

Moving Image Commissions

Renovated in 2012, the enhanced 21st-century Walker Cinema is one of the best places to view film in the country. Cinema programs are often presented in combination with guest filmmakers through premieres and series that include the Walker Dialogues & Retrospectives, Filmmakers-in-Conversation, and Cinema of Urgency. Dive deeper at Crosscuts, where you’ll find in-depth articles, interviews, and videos about the moving images we love.