Identification of a Woman / Black Jesus

IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN (IDENTIFICAZIONE DI UNA DONNA), 1982, 128 min. Director Michelangelo Antonioni follows filmmaker Niccolo (Tomas Milian) as he encounters, then loses contact with two women. When Niccolo finally gives up, changing the subject of his next film, it symbolizes his desire to transcend modern civilization where it seems impossible to sustain relationships. With Daniela Silverio. (The print we will be screening is somewhat faded.)

BLACK JESUS (SEDUTO ALLA SUA DESTRA), 1968, 93 min. Director Valerio Zurlini (DESERT OF THE TARTARS) concocted this thinly-disguised homage to murdered Congo rebel leader, Patrice Lamumba, starring Woody Strode. Zurlini shapes the narrative as biblical allegory, with Strode’s non-violent resistance leader, Maurice Lalubi, betrayed by a comrade, then martyred by white mercenaries. Ripe for re-appraisal. With Jean Servais (RIFIFI). Dubbed-in-English.