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Birthright: Mothering Across Difference
MCC THEATER
BIRTHRIGHT represents one of the most underrepresented phenomena in contemporary gendered experiences: the transformation of womanhood through the experience of mothering. The film shows that while motherhood is differently experienced across social, racial and classed locations, women share gender constraints in their lives. The audience is anyone interested in mothers and mothering. The film will especially address the needs of multicultural, women and mothers, including nontraditional mothers. Celine Parreñas Shimizu, 75 min, English, 2009, USA.
Cup of Culture
Paradise Now
MCC THEATER
A 2006 Golden Globe winner for best foreign language film, Paradise Now intensely and powerfully tells the story of two lifelong friends that are tapped by an unidentified Palestinian resistance organization to carry out a suicide bombing together in Tel Aviv. Hany Abu-Assad, 91 min., Arabic and English, 2005, Palestine.
An Evening of West African Music with Koumbemba
MCC THEATER
Founded by acclaimed singer and Kora player Karamo Cissokho and master drummer Ibrahima Ngom, Koumbemba blends traditional West African music with a modern Reggae style. Karamo sings mostly in his native language of Manding and in Wolof, Senegal’s national language. As a group of expert musicians, the band also includes two master drummers in the West African tradition of the griot, who have played in the world renowned National Senegalese Ballet. Tickets $5 students / $15 general. Contact the A.S. Ticket Office at 805-893-2064.
Race Matters Series
“The Latina Moment:” The Nomination and Appointment of Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice • Pei-te Lien
MCC LOUNGE
The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the first Latina justice on the Supreme Court spurred a heated debate heavy with partisan and ethnic politics. Despite her impressive credentials, the GOP questioned her gender and ethnicity and her past affiliation with a liberal advocacy group to strategically tarnish her credibility as a Justice. Pei-te Lien, professor in Political Science at UC Santa Barbara and co-principal investigator of the Gender and Multicultural Leadership project, will lead a discussion on U.S. racial and ethnic politics and political representation of non-white Americans.
