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Cup of Culture
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
MCC Theater
Founded in 2011 after Vladimir Putin’s third term as Russian president, feminist art collective Pussy Riot protested Putin’s union of church and state. This film reveals the real people behind the balaclavas highlighting the forces that transformed these women from playful political activists to modern-day icons; exposing the state of Russian justice in the modern era. Official selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and recipient of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award. Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin, 88 min., English and Russian with English Subtitles, 2013, Russia/UK. Co-sponsored by the Department of Feminist Studies; the Department of Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies; and the Education Abroad Program.
Film
OUTrageous! Opening Night SB Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival
MCC Theater
The MCC is excited to present the first screening of the 22nd Annual Santa Barbara Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival. The film shorts presented will feature the latest and greatest films by and for queer communities throughout the United States.
DIVERSITY LECTURE
Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism And Wrecked The Middle Class Ian Haney López
MCC Theater
Two themes dominate American politics today: at the forefront is declining economic opportunity; coursing underneath is race. Ian Haney López connects both by showing how racial pandering convinces many white voters to support policies that favor the extremely rich and betray the middle class. The John H. Boalt Professor of Law at UC Berkeley, Haney López is the author of White by Law as well as Racism on Trial, and will soon release a new book: Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism Wrecked the Middle Class. Co-sponsored by the Center for Black Studies Research; the Center for New Racial Studies; the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy; and the Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment/Title IX Compliance.
Cup of Culture-Remembering Our Struggles
Chisholm ’72 Unbought and Unbossed
MCC Theater
Recalling a watershed event in US politics, this compelling documentary takes an in-depth look at the 1972 presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress and the first to seek nomination for presidency. Shola Lynch, 77 min., English, 2004, USA.
Discussion with Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson following the screening. Co-sponsored by the Black Student Union; the Department of Feminist Studies; the Department of History; and Sol Sisters Rising.
