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During Art in Bloom, March 19–23, paid timed tickets are required for admission to West Building. Paid tickets are also required for the exhibition The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure in East Building. Please note that Art in Bloom is sold out. East Building collection galleries and the Museum Park remain open and free to visitors.

Coming 2 America, presented in conjunction with special exhibition Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design

Coming 2 America (2021). Directed by Craig Brewer, comedy, 109 min., PG-13

This film is presented in conjunction with special exhibition Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design, which displays more than 60 of Academy Award–winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter’s original garments from films such as Black Panther, Sparkle, Do The Right Thing, and Coming 2 America.

About the film
Akeem and Semmi are back! Newly crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi (Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new, hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation of Zamunda to the borough of Queens, New York—where it all began.

Please contact Moses.T.AlexanderGreene@ncdcr.gov for more information.

Photo: Courtesy of Amazon Studios

Date

Aug 05, 2023
Expired!

Time

2:00 PM

Cost

$5 Members, youth 7–18, college students with ID (plus taxes and fees); $7 Nonmembers (plus taxes and fees)

Location

East Building, SECU Auditorium

Special Instructions:
Doors open at 1:15 pm.
For More Information:
(919) 715-5923
Wednesday through Sunday, from 10 am to 5 pm
Special Instructions:
Doors open at 1:15 pm.
For More Information:
(919) 715-5923
Wednesday through Sunday, from 10 am to 5 pm
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