Duel at Diablo (Nelson, 1966): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 8.40pm
This 35mm presentation is part of the African American Western season and also screens on February 1st. You can find the full details here.
BFI introduction:
Set in 1880, this adaptation of Marvin Albert’s best-selling 1957 novel
Apache Rising arrived at a moment when the Western genre was undergoing
significant revision. The film employs the Anglo-Native American
conflict as a metaphor for Black-white relations in contemporary US
society. In his first Western, Sidney Poitier delivers a commanding
performance alongside James Garner, fresh from the hit TV series
Maverick. Together, they confront prejudice on the frontier, in a
groundbreaking precursor to the interracial buddy films that became a
hallmark of US cinema.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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