Film Screening and Discussion: "The Flying Ace" (1926)

Name: Film Screening and Discussion: "The Flying Ace" (1926)
Start: 2025-09-24T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-24T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Carriage House Theater

Schedule

Wed Sep 24 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Carriage House Theater | Auburn, NY

Presented in partnership with the Wharton Studio Museum, this program explores the 1926 race film "The Flying Ace" directed by Richard E. Norman and starring Lawrence Criner. In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
Dr. Samantha Sheppard, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies in the Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University, will introduce the film and a Q&A will follow the screening.
Learn More: https://cayugamuseum.org/film-screening-flying-ace/
Admission for this program is “Pay What You Wish.”
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This program is a part of the Finger Lakes Film Trail's "Race Film/Race Matters" series, and is made possible in part by funding from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Fred M. Everett & Ora H. Everett Charitable Trust.