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Laughing out Faith: Comedic Redemption and Love Cona Marshall
MCC Lounge
What is the function of comedy in religion? As we laugh at vines and YouTube clips, might they tell us more about humanities' conditions? This talk introduces comedic redemption as an ethic within Black women's comedy that juxtaposes “comedic relief” and nuances laughter as the counter balance of tears to a liberative ethic that names and situates humanity in the midst of the absurd. Dr. Cona Marshall is a Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Lebanon Valley College.
Crown Heights
MCC Theater
“Lakeith Stanfield delivers a breakout performance in “Crown Heights,” a dramatized true story of miscarried justice that he anchors with restrained stillness and sensitivity.” - Washington Post
In the spring of 1980, a teenager is gunned down in the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn. The police pressure a child witness to identify a suspect. As a result, Colin Warner, an 18-year-old kid from nearby Crown Heights, is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Colin's childhood friend Carl 'KC' King devotes his life to fighting for Colin's freedom. He works on appeals, takes loans for lawyer fees and becomes a legal courier to learn the court system. This incredible true story is adapted from the acclaimed This American Life segment by writer/director Matt Ruskin, with Lakeith Stanfield playing Colin Warner and Nnamdi Asomugha as Carl King. 94 min.
MCC in IV
Honor the Scorned: An Evening of Self Expression with Eve Moreno
BIKO Garage 6612 Sueno Rd, Isla Vista
The MCC hosts a quarterly open mic for anyone to artistically express themselves using all creative outlets – including spoken word, poetry, hip hop, music, and dance. This quarters MC will be Eve Moreno, a trans femme and queer multimedia artist who identifies with the pronouns they/them/ and theirs. Eve's cultural background stems many parts of Latin America. Moreno's work highlights transgender and queer communities of color through photography, writing, video, painting, illustration and performance. Their work has been featured in community shows in Los Angeles, the Getty Museum, and the Huntington Library.
Panel Discussion
Free-Dem Foundations: From Wrongful Incarceration to Community Mobilization
MCC Theater
Robert Jones, Jerome Moran and Daniel Rideau
Panel Discussion at Center for Black Studies Research, 4603 South Hall: 12PM
Discussion with Jerome Morgan, MCC Theater: 6PM
Free-Dem Foundations is a non-profits community based organization that partners with local business and NGO's to empower New Orleans' area youth. Created by Robert Jones, Jerome Moran and Daniel Rideau, these men were all wrongfully convicted and served a total of more than fifty years in Angola Prison before being found innocent.
