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The Flying Ace Film
Posted in Seminole State College of Florida · Sanford, FL
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Date
Sep 15, 2026
Time
6:30 PM
Location
J100
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Event details
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: J100
About this event
The Humanities Department presents
Film Society in September
You are welcome to join the
Seminole State College Film Society
,
for a 100th anniversary screening of:
Film: "The Flying Ace"
Date: Tuesday, September 15
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: S/LM Campus J-100
Dr. David Morton, author of "Motion Picture Paradise: A History of Florida's Film and Television Industry" will give a brief discussion of the film before the screening and will be available for questions afterwards.
This aviation melodrama is the first to feature an all-African American cast. Shot entirely in the Jacksonville, FL area, it is the only completely surviving film by Norman Studios. Directed by Richard Norman, the film is inspired by Black aviatrix Bessie Coleman.
Norman Studios
Official event details:
https://www.seminolestate.edu/ssap/signMeUp/widget/cms5/eventDate/614934