A panel discussion with Samantha Sheppard, assistant professor of Cinema and Media Studies at Cornell; Ken Fox, director of library and archives at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester; and Barbara Lupack, a film scholar who has written and lectured on race films, will take place on Thursday, February 25 at 7:15pm. Register for the discussion here - https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Fwbb2SXoQ6Cl0CXSD1SK4A ; Please note: this link will indicate that the webinar begins at 7pm, but it will actually begin at 7:15pm!

1927 > USA > Directed by Frank Peregini
With Harry Henderson, Lucia Moses
An educated, upscale black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her abusive stepfather. Once he "saves" her, however, he won't let his new wife meet his mother, as he knows she won't approve, a decision that leads to a downward spiral of events in this silent melodrama. Screening as part of the Finger Lakes Film Trail series Race Films/Race Matters, with series introduction by Samantha Sheppard (PMA). Learn about the series and watch The Scar of Shame at https://www.fingerlakesfilmtrail.org/

1 hr 9 min