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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Presents A Special Screening of EVE’S BAYOU | Saturday,February 9th, 5:30PM

Director Kasi Lemmons and Editor Teri Shropshire in Attendance

WHAT | Academy at Metrograph. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Presents A Special Screening of Eve’s Bayou with Director Kasi Lemmons and Editor Teri Shropshire

WHEN | Saturday,February 9th, 5:30PM

WHERE | Metrograph, No. 7 Ludlow Street

ABOUT | The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will continue its monthly residency at Metrograph on Saturday, February 9th, 2019, with a special screening of Eve’s Bayou, with Director Kasi Lemmons and Editor Teri Shropshire in-person to present the film.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION | http://metrograph.com/film/film/1939/eves-bayou

ABOUT EVE’S BAYOU | One of the essential works of the 1990s and recently selected for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, Eve's Bayou is a film of rich, steamy sexuality and an incredible sense of place, that follows the loss of innocence that occurs when the daughter of a well-to-do Louisiana family (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) catches her father (Samuel L. Jackson) in a moment of infidelity. Boasting an impressive line-up of actresses, including living legends Lynne Whitfield and Diahann Carroll, Debbi Morgan, and Meagan Good, it’s a seductive tour de force in an atmosphere thick with voodoo, other Creole legends, and household magic.

ABOUT THE ACADEMY AT METROGRAPH | The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) began a yearlong residency at Metrograph in July 2017, bringing exciting and entertaining programs to the big screen. Programs in ACADEMY AT METROGRAPH have and continue to feature onstage conversations with filmmakers and scholars of motion pictures, tributes, newsreels, rarely seen clips from past Oscar® ceremonies, and home movies from Hollywood legends.  This monthly series highlights unique archival elements, including recent restorations and film prints from the Academy Film Archive by celebrating classic moments from the Academy’s 90-year history.