CAPFILM: Free Black History Month Series – RED TAILS
CAPFILM: Free Black History Month Series – RED TAILS
CAPFILM: Free Black History Month Series – RED TAILS
To commemorate Black History Month 2025, the Appell Center has collaborated with three prominent York County community members to curate an exclusive film series. Each feature portrays the struggles, triumphs and challenges faced by these historical individuals and in significant periods of time. They are stories that simply must be told and retold… stories that continue to influence those that experience them.
Admission to all three movies in the series is free for the community.
- The Piano Lesson (Sun, 2/2) – selected by the York Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Inc. Arts & Letters Committee
- Red Tails (Sun, 2/16) – selected by Samantha Dorm
- Poetic Justice (Fri, 2/21) – selected by Mica Wallace
Each film screening will open with remarks by its curator, detailing why they think the movie should be shared with the York community, and how it has significantly impacted their lives.
Red Tails (2012)
A breathtaking tribute to the unsung heroes who rose above extraordinary challenges and ultimately soared into history.
Italy, 1944: As the war takes its toll on Allied forces in Europe, a squadron of black pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen are finally given the chance to prove themselves in the sky…even as they battle discrimination on the ground.
Based on John B. Holway’s book, Red Tails, Black Wings: The Men of America’s Black Air Force, the film stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, David Oyelowo, Bryan Cranston, Michael B. Jordan, Method Man and many others.
Join Samantha in honoring members of the Tuskegee Airmen, including Lloyd Arthur Carter, interred in Lebanon Cemetery in York.
Meet the Curator
Samantha L. Dorm is a York native and local historian. She is an active member and participant in the Pennsylvania Hallowed Grounds Network, the Black Cemetery Network, consults with the National Cemetery Administration to promote the care of African American Veterans in private cemeteries. Dorm is an active contributor to the Veterans Legacy Program, highlighting the untold accomplishments of veterans, and a member of the Board of the York County History Center. Her work has been featured on WITF, CBS Sunday Morning with Martha Teichner, USA Today, and in several written works.
