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CLASSIC BLACK CINEMA SERIES: ‘THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL’

In this 1959 dystopian drama, a coal miner (charismatic Harry Belafonte) emerges from a cave-in to find all the buildings still standing after a nuclear holocaust, with nary another soul in sight. When Belafonte travels to an eerily abandoned New York City, the plot turns into a lethal love triangle between him and two other survivors: a luminous Inger Stevens and a bigoted Mel Ferrer. Racism rears its ugly head as Belafonte and Ferrer stalk and battle each other in the steel canyons of Manhattan.

More: $7-$9; April 16, 2 p.m.; Gantt Center, 551 S. Tryon St.; ganttcenter.org

EXHIBIT OPENING: CAPTURED IN CARTOONS

When the GOP-controlled N.C. legislature overrode Gov. Cooper’s veto of their gun bill a day after another school shooting, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers depicted N.C. Senate leader Phil Berger, House Speaker Tim Moore and a hooded “Gun Lobby” grim reaper as “The 3 Branches of NC Government.” This exhibit, titled Captured in Cartoons, puts Siers’ spotlight on the GOP’s ghoulish enabling of the wholesale slaughter of our state’s children in the context of centuries of cartooning, where visitors can explore cartoons from throughout Charlotte’s history. The opening celebration includes a conversation with Siers.

More: $5; April 15, 2 p.m.; Charlotte Museum of History, 3500 Shamrock Drive; charlottemuseum.org