All Events
Student Series
Bordertown
MCC THEATER
Bordertown is based on the tragic account of hundreds of women working in American-owned factories in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where dozens of women working in the maquiladoras have been kidnapped, raped, and murdered; and little, if anything, has been done about it. Eva, a 16-year-old factory worker who was left for dead by the two men who raped her, seeks the help of a local newspaper man. Lauren Adrian, an up-and-coming Chicago newspaper reporter is assigned to the story. What she finds is a corrupt system of unfair labor practices, where workers are offered absolutely no protection from the police, the government agencies, or the companies they slave for. Discussion with Mujeres de Juarez de UCSB following the screening. Gregory Nava, 112 min., English and Spanish, 2006, USA.
Race Matters Series
Does Race Matter? The Henry Louis Gates Case and RaceRelations in America
MCC LOUNGE
The arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 16, 2009 ignited a wide range of legal and social debate as well as a media firestorm worldwide. Mark Sawyer, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics at UCLA; Tarika Lewis, community activist and first female recruit of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense; and law enforcement representatives will address topics such as racial profiling, civil rights, incarceration, and other topics on race relations in America.
Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Post-Katrina • Jason Berry
MCC THEATER
Jason Berry, distinguished author, cultural historian, and documentarian will share a video of jazz funerals in New Orleans and discuss the state of music and politics since Hurricane Katrina. He will sign copies of the book Up from the Cradle of Jazz after his presentation.
Cup of Culture
American Indian Heritage Month Alcatraz is Not an Island
MCC THEATER
In November 1969, a small group of Native American students and urban Indians began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay Area. Eventually joined by thousands of Native Americans, they reclaimed “Indian land” for the first time since the 1880s, forever changing the way Native Americans viewed themselves, their culture, and their sovereign rights. Discussion following the screening. James M. Fortier, 69 min., English, USA.
