This film series
Framing the Black Diaspora: Crossings, Belongings, Presence sponsored
by the Center for Culture and History of Black Diaspora explores representations
of the Black Diaspora and the consequences of movements across boundaries
(geographic, cultural, political and psychological). The films articulate
new voices, aesthetics and cinematic compositions of the Black Diaspora
in the United States, the Caribbean and Africa.
FRAMING THE BLACK DIASPORA:
Crossings, Belongings, Presence
FILM SERIES AND COLLOQUIA
April 8-May 20, 1998
Frantz
Fanon: Black Skin White Mask
Isaac Julian
Speaker: Professor Michael Hanchard
Department of Political Science, Northwestern University
Sankofa
Haile Gerima
Speaker: Professor Haile Gerima
Department of Film and Communications at Howard University
Le
Bouillion d'Awara (Awara Soup)
Cesar Paes
Discussants: Depaul Faculty
Mother
of the River
also screening:&nbsd;A Powerful Thang
Zeinabu Irene Davis
Speaker: Professor Zeinabu Irene Davis
Department of Radio, television and Film, Northwestern University
Rouch
in Reverse
Manthia Diawara
Speaker: Professor Manthia Diawara
Department of Comparative Literature and Cinema Studies Program,
New York University
Le
Grand Blanc de Lambarene
Bassek ba Kbhio
Speaker: Professor Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Department of English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
To
Sleep With Anger
Charles Burnett
Speaker: Professor Ed Guerrero
Department of Cinema Studies,
New York University
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