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Cup of Culture
The Mosque in Morgantown
MCC THEATER
This riveting Emmy Award nominated documentary follows one woman’s campaign for change against extremism in her West Virginia mosque, throwing the community into turmoil and raising questions that cut to the heart of American Islam. Discussion following the screening. Brittany Huckabee, 54 min., 2009, USA.
Co-sponosored by the Center for Middle East Studies.
OUTrageous! Opening Night SB Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival
MCC THEATER
The MCC is excited to present the first screening of the 21st Annual Santa Barbara Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival. The film shorts presented on this night will feature the latest and greatest in film by and for queer communities throughout the United States. Co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival.
Race Matters Series
Quiet is the New Loud: Art for Social Change Ramiro Gomez
MCC Lounge
Los Angeles artist Ramiro Gomez Jr. is getting international attention for his cardboard cutouts of Latino gardeners and other domestic workers that he places on lawns in Beverly Hills and other well-off areas. Gomez will discuss the use of unconventional materials and social media for protests in creative, subtle ways to incite conversations rather than riots. This conversation will seek to find ways to move beyond anger with art as a tool to move beyond the marches and spark one-on-one dialogue. Co-sponosored by the Chicano Studies Institute.
Cup of Culture
Gun Hill Road
MCC Theater
An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three years in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test. Rashaad Ernesto Green, 88 min., English, 2011, USA. Co-sponsored by the Chicano Studies Institute, La Familia de Colores and the Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity.
