Look Who’s Back invites you to re-think the youth-orientated image of the Hollywood renaissance, suggesting that we should not overlook the vital contribution of a group of middle-aged, liberal-minded, formerly blacklisted creatives.
Join Season Curator Andy Willis, Senior Visiting Curator: Film at HOME for insights into the thinking behind the season and a rationale for the choice of films included, as well as those left out.
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Midnight Cowboy
Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman hustle their way through 1960s New York in this bittersweet classic of New Hollywood which remains the only X-rated film…
Cinema
Uptight + intro
Following the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King, Cleveland’s black community is on a knife-edge, wondering who, if anyone, can be trusted.
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Claudine + intro
In an Oscar nominated performance, Diahann Carroll as Claudine, a black working-class mother struggling to make ends meet, offered an antidote to the testosterone driven…
