This Sunday, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture will host a film screening of the 1957 film Island in the Sun. The film — which stars James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge, among others — is set on an island and explores the waters of relationships between black, white and mixed races. 2 p.m. Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, 551 S. Tryon St. 704-547-3700. www.ganttcenter.org.
This article appears in May 4-10, 2010.
