Father Figures: Nothing But a Man

The Nasher Museum welcomes Mark Anthony Neal, the James B. Duke Professor of African & African American Studies, and Ajamu Dillahunt-Holloway, Assistant Professor of African American History and Public History at NC State University, for a screening and discussion of the film Nothing but a Man (1964, dir. Michael Roemer). One of the first narrative films to offer a serious view into the lives of Black men and fathers, Nothing but a Man won the San Giorgio Prize at the Venice Film Festival and was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1993.

Mark Anthony Neal is James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies, Professor of English, and Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke University. Neal is the author of seven books including Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood (Simon & Schuster, 2026); Looking for Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities; and Black Ephemera: The Crisis and Challenge of the Musical Archive. Neal is the founding host of the Award-winning video podcast Left of Black, produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke.

Schedule:

• 6 – 7:30 PM Nothing but a Man film screening
• 7:30 – 7:50 PM Conversation
• 7:50 – 8:05 PM Q&A
• 8:10 – 8:30 PM Book signing

Make reservations at the Nasher Café ahead of time to enjoy dinner before or after the lecture!