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Cup of Culture
Princess Mononoke
MCC Theater
A beautifully realized tale of civilization versus nature, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a true epic by Japan's master animator Hayao Miyazaki.
While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the young warrior Ashitaka becomes afflicted with a deadly curse. To find the cure that will save his life, he journeys deep into sacred depths of the Great Forest Spirit's realm where he meets San (Princess Mononoke), a girl raised by wolves. It's not long before Ashitaka is caught in the middle of a battle between iron-ore prospecting humans and the forest dwellers. He must summon the spirit-powers and all his courage to stop man and nature from destroying each other. 1997. 2h 14m
Post Film Discussion w/ Nikkei Student Union
Conscious Conversations Series
Protecting the Sacred, Understanding the Connection Between Land Defense and MMIWG2S
Online
Across the Turtle Island and transnationally our Indigenous mothers, sisters, and community are under attack. Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirits organize for our communities in hope of a more just future. Join the MCC for a panel discussion with Anishinaabe and Chumash organizers that highlights the connection between the defense of indigenous land and the defense of indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirits.
Resilient Love Series
Psalms of A Living Sea: A Choreo Poem with Lady Dane
Lady Dane
Online
Follow the story of four generations of women as the past clashes with the present and offers glimmers of a brighter future. From the kingdoms of Africa, to the war against white supremacy, to the battle for liberation, to a future free of oppression the women of the Smith family rely on their love to craft a better world for those who will come after. Through poetic monologues and soul stirring text, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi performs a reading of a new play centered on revolutions, revelations and rebirth.
Dubbed the Ancient Jazz Priestess of Mother Africa, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi is a Black Nigerian, Cuban, Indigenous, American Performance Artist, Author, Educator, a Helen Hayes Award winning Playwright (Klytmnestra: An Epic Slam Poem), a 2021 Helen Merrill Award Winner, Advocate, Dramaturg, a 2x Helen Hayes Award Nominated choreographer (2016, 2018) and co-editor/co-Director of the Black Trans Prayer Book. She is the curator and associate producer of Long Wharf Theater’s Black Trans Women At The Center: An Evening of Short Plays. Her radio play, Quest of The Reed Marsh Daughter, can be heard on the Girl Tales Podcast. She wrote episode 1 of Untitled Mockumentary Project and acted on the series as well, was featured as Patra in King Ester and acted as a story consultant for the series and wrote episode 9 (Refuge) of Round House Theater’s web series Homebound. She also narrated The Netflix Docu-series Visions of Us.
Race Matters Series
Race and Necropolitics in the Age of Intelligent Machines
MCC Lounge
Humans have become skilled at developing machines that think and reason. Intelligent machines can already write novels, create poetry, and compose music. They are also being used to target and kill humans in warfare and to surveil suspect populations for law enforcement. As intelligent machines become more complex and powerful, they may well threaten the future of a human race or even redefine the architecture of racism. Will humans become one with intelligent machines? Will these machines threaten the very existence of human? Will a new race of machine-enhanced humans emerge to dominate the rest? Sylvester A. Johnson examines the challenges created by the rise of intelligent machines and their use in domains ranging from healthcare and education to warfare, religion and policing. Sylvester Johnson is Associate Professor of African American Studies & Religious Studies at Northwestern University.
