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SUMMARY:The Spook Who Sat by the Door
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DESCRIPTION:In-person:\n\nProfessor Christine Acham\, University of Hawaii\
	; Nomathande Dixon\, daughter of Ivan Dixon\; UCLA Distinguished Professor
	 Robin D.G. Kelley\; Natiki Hope Pressley\, daughter of Sam Greenlee\; act
	or J.A. Preston.\n\n \n\nThe Spook Who Sat by the Door\n\nU.S.\, 1973\n\n3
	5mm restoration world premiere!\n\nThe parallels between the story told in
	 The Spook Who Sat by the Door and the film’s production are striking and 
	powerful. Based on the explosive 1969 novel by Sam Greenlee\, who co-wrote
	 the screenplay\, director Ivan Dixon’s pull-no-punches adaptation follows
	 the CIA’s first Black agent (Lawrence Cook) — recruited as part of a Pote
	mkin integration policy — from the halls of power to the streets of Chicag
	o where he uses the agency’s own training to foment a violent Black revolu
	tion. For his part\, Dixon shot the film guerrilla-style\, deploying the a
	ction tropes of Blaxploitation to revolutionary ends\, using their camera 
	as a weapon in the ongoing cultural war of self-representation. The Archiv
	e is honored to present the world premiere screening of a new 35mm restora
	tion of this underground classic.\n\n35mm\, color\, 102 min. Director: Iva
	n Dixon. Screenwriters: Sam Greenlee\, Melvin Clay. With: Lawrence Cook\, 
	Janet League\, Paula Kelly.\n\nRestored by The Library of Congress and The
	 Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.\
	n\nEvent Website: https://alumni.ucla.edu/event/the-spook-who-sat-by-the-d
	oor/\n\nEvent Website: https://alumni.ucla.edu/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/eve
	nts/146206\n\nSource: https://community.ucla.edu/event/fe1b3adc-7e7b-31e3-
	1843-4b690f21ba1a
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum
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