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Cup of Culture
Dear White People
MCC THEATER
Dear White People is a sly, provocative satire of race relations in the age of Obama. This multiple award-winning film follows a group of African American students as they navigate campus life and racial politics. The unexpected election of activist Samantha White as head of a traditionally black residence hall at a predominantly white college sets up a campus culture war that challenges conventional notions of what it means to be black. Justin Simien, 108 min., English, 2012, USA.
Worlds Adventurist
CJ Jones
MCC THEATER
CJ Jones, internationally renowned entertainer, actor, producer, and director, electrifies audiences of Deaf and hearing alike with his imaginative storytelling. His unique blend of spoken English and American Sign Language builds bridges between these two communities. CJ's comical and heartwarming stories about growing up Deaf and traveling the world include lively spectator participation and are sure to captivate the most diverse audiences.
Cup of Culture
Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
MCC THEATER
This award-winning documentary chronicles how African American communities have used the camera as a tool for social change from the invention of photography to the present. It is an epic tale that poetically moves between the present and the past, through contemporary photographers and artists whose images and stories seek to reconcile legacies of pride and shame while giving voice to images long suppressed, forgotten, and hidden from sight. Thomas Allen Harris, 90 min., English, 2014, USA. Photo Credit: Renee Cox
The Blind Writer: Stories and a Novella
MCC
Join us in celebrating the publication of Sameer Pandya’s first book of stories The Blind Writer: Stories and a Novella, which follows the lives of first and second generation South Asian Americans in contemporary California. All of the characters share a similar sensibility: a sense that immigration is a distant memory, yet an experience that continues to shape their decisions in subtle and surprising ways as they go about the complicated business of everyday living. Pandya will read excerpts from the book and conduct a Q&A session along with Prof. Erin Ninh of the UCSB Dept. of Asian American Studies.
