Minnelli’s fantastical all-Black musical follows a man whose brush with death brings him face-to-face with eternity when he is offered six months to earn his passage through the pearly gates. With heaven and hell warring on his shoulders, he battles temptation – in the form of a magnetic Lena Horne and the finest talent the era had to offer, from Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington. Screen: NFT2. Screening details: Special screening available; 35mm; Intro by musicologist and cultural historian Dr Hannah Robbins.
