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PARIAH
MCC THEATER
Pariah is a coming-of-age drama about a lesbian teenager who unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Set against the kinetic and incongruous social landscape of middle class New York City, Alike vacillates between being a proud and sexually independent woman amongst her openly gay friends and being the feminine, obedient girl that her strict Christian upbringing dictates. Discussion with producer Nekisa Cooper following the screening. Dee Rees, 90 min., English, 2006, USA.
Jails are not Homes: Transforming Skid Row
MCC THEATER
A compelling multimedia presentation on the campaign to build a sustainable community in the downtown Los Angeles community of Center City East (Skid Row). Residents and activists associated with the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN) will present their stories, poems, and short films on the resilience of residents in the face of economic recession, homelessness, displacement policies, and negative media representations such as The Soloist.
Race, Lies & Stereotypes: Posters on Racism and Anti-Semitism
MCC LOUNGE
Insidiously, from generation to generation, racism and anti-Semitism are perpetuated in Africa and the Middle East, in Europe, and on the streets of Los Angeles. Race, Lies and Stereotypes presents powerful international and domestic graphics that penetrate the experience of discrimination. The exhibition illustrates historical and current events on the world stage and explores efforts to combat stereotypes. By showing the pervasiveness of bigotry and discrimination, this exhibition emphasizes that intolerance can be avoided by the active involvement of individuals to ensure that the past is not repeated. Produced by the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
DIVERSITY LECTURE
From the Roots: The Flowering of El Teatro Campesino Luis Valdez
MCC THEATER
Through his storytelling, within its matrix of aesthetic and political concepts, Luis Valdez delineates the evolution of the Farm Workers Theater of America. From his earliest experiences as a migrant worker to his years with Cesar Chavez as a picket captain in the Delano Grape Strike, where he organized El Teatro Campesino, Valdez explores the historical imperative behind his work as a playwright, director, and creator of Chicano theater and film. Co-sponsored by the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives at the Davidson Libraries; the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy; the Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment/Title IX Compliance, the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, and the Multicultural Center.
