That's the thing I run into most often when showing older movies to younger people. They start to check off the boxes about why it's (pick a current hot button topic or three) and immediately shut down. When watching an older movie, very few of today's audience members seem to get that a film...
The key to these situations is to suggest movies that're in their favorite genre. I have a coworker in her late 20s with whom I discuss movies quite frequently. She's a horror movie lover but, like your coworker, had been averse to BW movies. I focused on her preferences and recommended a...