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  Juneteenth: “If They Took Us Back”

  What if, after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the U.S. government had mandated the return of enslaved people to Africa? Alternate history short film “If They Took Us Back,” written and directed by Holly Charles-Pearson, examines that very question. To celebrate Juneteenth, Six Square screens the film along with a making-of documentary, live music from featured soundtrack artist Daniel Fears, a vendor market, art exhibit, and a panel discussion with the director and cast. – Kat McNevins

  Wed., June 19

  Stateside at the Paramount

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  Pandora's Box (1928)

  In the Greek legend of Pandora, all the ills of the world were unleashed when she opened her forbidden jar, and all that was left was that most precious and fragile of forces – hope. That’s sort of the story of Pandora’s Box. Reviled and censored on release, film fans and historians long hoped that it would be restored and reevaluated. Now the tale of Lulu, a libertine, and her sexual exploits across a repressive Europe, is seen as a masterpiece of Weimar cinema, most especially in the tension between Georg Wilhelm Pabst’s post-expressionistic directorial style and an eternally captivating and haunting performance from Louise Brooks, the American star who beat out Marlene Dietrich for the part. – Richard Whittaker

  Wed., June 19, 6:00

  AFS Cinema