Black Magic Movie Night: Black Rodeo

Presented with Adam Davis (Tulsa Artist Fellow, acclaimed photographer, Black Rodeo historian), see a special one-night presentation of the 1972 documentary “Black Rodeo” plus a special slideshow presentation of Adam’s tintype “Black Magic” portrait series, and the big-screen debut of Annahstasia Enuke’s made-in-Tulsa “Villain” music video directed by Davis. Tickets on sale now, regular price. The event is presented in advance of the historic Boley Rodeo on Saturday May 24 in Boley, Oklahoma. Visit TheTownOfBoley.org/rodeo for more on the Boley Rodeo.

About the film: “Black Rodeo” captures the events surrounding the first-time performance of an all African-American rodeo at Triborough Stadium on Randall's Island, New York. The documentary illuminates the deep rooted history of African-American men and women actively involved in skills such as bronc riding, calf roping and brahma bull riding. Actor Woody Strode attended the rodeo and appears in the film as its narrator. He imparts a number of stories that show the participation of African Americans in the development of the American Old West. The film includes an appearance from legendary boxing athlete and activist Muhammad Ali, who rides a horse on 125th Street (the main street in Harlem), trades friendly verbal jibes with the cowboys, straps on chaps and rides a bull. 1h27min, rated G.

About Adam Davis: Adam Davis is a photographer & filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York. He currently resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma as a second year Tulsa Artist Fellow, spending most of his time riding horses and making pictures. Before moving to Oklahoma, Davis spent the better part of a decade in Los Angeles building a community & an artistic practice centered around uplifting the Black community through photography. During his tenure in LA, he started what has now evolved into the legacy portrait project titled Black Magic, an effort to amass the largest collection of Black American and Global African Diasporic tintype portraits ever created. Since moving to Oklahoma, Davis has tasked himself with deepening his knowledge of America’s history as it pertains to the establishment of what is considered the West & the South. For more information about this historic archive, visit www.BlackMagic.show.

About the Boley Rodeo: Come to the nation's oldest African American rodeo Memorial Weekend and celebrate with the citizens of Boley and visitors from around the world with a line-up of fun, family friendly activities, and entertainment. Our annual Rodeo celebrates the historical significance of Boley, an all-black town representative of many towns established by African Americans who migrated from the South to northern and western communities after slavery. For tickets and more, visit TheTownOfBoley.org/rodeo