Celebrate Black History Month with Free Movie Screenings at BPL All February Long
Celebrate Black History Month with free movie screenings at the Birmingham Public Library all February long.
The movies include a showing of "The Color Purple" on February 17 at Five Points West Regional Library, a "Black Girls and Women in Magic and Fantasies" movie every Thursday in February at East Ensley Branch Library, and Black History-inspired movies every Wednesday at Smithfield Library.
Counting these movies, BPL is hosting 81 Black History Month programs in our libraries across Birmingham during February.
See details about the movies below:
Enjoy a movie and a snack at West End Branch.
"Black Girls and Women in Magic and Fantasies," Thursdays at 3:00 p.m. at East Ensley Branch Library
East Ensley Library, 900 14th Street Ensley, is hosting a movie screening every Thursday of February at 3:00 p.m. to highlight Black Girls and Women in magic and fantasies.
The series started last Thursday with a showing of the 1997 film "Cinderella" followed by a showing on Thursday, February 8 of "The Princess and the Frog."
The remaining Black Girl Magic movies (all at 3:00 p.m.) are as follows:
February 15 - Wrinkles in Time
February 22 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
February 29 - The Little Mermaid (2023)
For details on the movie screenings and other East Ensley Library programs, contact Nakia Bradley at 205-787-1928 or email her at nakia.bradley@cobpl.org.
Please come to Titusville Branch to watch a movie all about African American history!
Black History Month Movie Matinee: The Color Purple, Saturday, February 17, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Five Points West Regional Library
A story of love and resilience based on the novel and the Broadway musical, THE COLOR PURPLE is a decades-spanning tale of one woman’s journey to independence.
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