All Events
Cup of Culture – Meet the Filmmaker
A Village Called Versailles
MCC THEATER
This powerful documentary chronicles the New Orleans Vietnamese American community’s struggles and political awakening after Hurricane Katrina. It follows the epic story of the community from their arrival in New Orleans as an isolated group of refugees in the ‘70s to their successful fight for environmental justice and their transformation into a politically engaged community. Discussion with the director and UCSB alumnus Leo Chiang following the screening. S. Leo Chiang, 68 min., English, 2008, USA. Co-sponsored by Asian American Studies, Asian American Studies Davidson Library, Political Science, and Residential Life.
Art and Social Policy: A Conversation with Blair Underwood
MCC THEATER
Blair Underwood, motion picture actor, Harvard guest lecturer, and book producer, will be interviewed by Visiting Black Studies Professor Derrick Gilbert in connection with the Black Studies course The Urban Dilemma. This conversation will explore ways in which art and popular culture can give us a unique perspective on our most pressing social problems.
Co-sponsored by the department of Black Studies; the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy; the Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment/Title IX Compliance; and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.
Race Matters Series
Race and Hiphop • Dawn-Elissa Fischer
MCC LOUNGE
In this dialogue, Dawn-Elissa Fischer, professor in the Department of Africana Studies at San Francisco State University, explores the analytic relationship between race and Hiphop. That is, how does race operate as a referent within Hiphop culture? How does Hiphop become racially imbued? In this discussion, Hiphop is a point of entry, a site of inquiry for understanding how race, gender, sexuality, class, and citizenship intersect and affect our everyday lived experiences.
Cup of Culture – Meet the Filmmaker
White Boy Brown
MCC THEATER
Armed with only a very important letter, Curtis Brown, a black man embarks on the most difficult journey of his life. A journey that will force him to confront his own demons of hatred and prejudice, while discovering a love, long lost, for his adopted “White” brother Johnny. Discussion with director Sean Sawyer and producers Eren Moore and Christopher Johnson following the screening. Sean Sawyer, 90 min., English, 2009, United States.
