Viewing: February 27,2026
Join us Friday, February 27th at 7:00 p.m. as we wrap up our 3rd Annual Heroes In Color film series with a martial arts cult classic from 1985!
FREE Admission – Tickets are required
This event will include a special cocktail and a pre-show trivia contest with prizes for the winner!
About the film
Leroy Green (aka “Bruce Leeroy”), an inner-city youth and kung fu afficionado whose idol is Bruce Lee, learns from his master that he has nearly risen to the ultimate level of martial arts mastery known as “The Last Dragon” which will imbue him with a mystical power called The Glow. Green thus embarks on a quest through the gritty streets of New York to track down another master who may be able to help him to achieve this special goal. However, a real bad dude known as Sho’nuff, the self-proclaimed “Shogun of Harlem”, catches wind of Leroy’s abilities and challenges the youth to a duel to see whose fighting skills glow the brightest and who deserves to wear the crown as the baddest butt-kicker in the city!
Released in 1985, this film broke with tradition by featuring a mostly-black cast in a kung-fu action movie. Additionally, it was produced by Motown’s head-honcho Barry Gordy and, as a result, boasts a soundtrack that includes the smooth sounds of artists like DeBarge, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Rockwell, and Stevie Wonder. This action-packed martial arts extravaganza and cinematic time-machine back to the ’80s is a cult classic that you’ll never forget!
Check out the rest of our fantastic line-up of Heroes In Color films
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Rose Frech is a licensed social worker with broad expertise in navigating the complexities of the health and social services in Ohio. She has served in key positions in fundraising, policy analysis, program management, and advocacy in multiple areas of the sector, including community mental health, food and public benefits access, Community Action, Medicaid, and early intervention. A longtime social work educator, Rose has had the privilege of teaching new social workers for over 10 years. Born and raised in Athens, she is a passionate advocate for the Appalachian Ohio region. Rose currently serves as the Director of External Affairs at Integrated Services for Behavioral Healthcare, a behavioral health and housing organization serving 21 counties across Southeast Ohio.
A smart and sharp comedy, AMERICAN FICTION has been highly praised by critics and is considered by many to be Jeffrey Wright’s finest performance in a career full of stellar roles. Featuring a fantastic supporting cast that includes Tracee Ellis Ross, Sterling K Brown, and John Ortiz, AMERICAN FICTION has not only won numerous awards on the independent film festival circuit, but has also been nominated for Best Picture by both the Golden Globes and The Critic’s Choice awards councils.
Nerissa Young is a professor of instruction in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. She grew up on a family farm in southern West Virginia. In her classes, Young frequently discusses the effects of stereotypes in news and advertising and the traumatic effects of “isms” in different cultures. She grew up watching the TV show “The Dukes of Hazzard” and will discuss the show’s significance — its popularity led to the feature film — as a bridge between the rural comedies and films of the 1950s and 1960s and the smarter rural series and films of the 1980s up to the present. She agrees with a statement she once heard, “Just because we talk slow doesn’t mean we are.”
