All Events
Cup of Culture
Up From the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream
MCC THEATER
Up From the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream tells the story of the massive migration of African Americans from the rural south to the prosperous north during the World War II years and beyond. They left behind the legacy of slavery and segregation and set out to find the American dream.
Discussion following the screening. Co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara African Heritage Film Series. Jim Schaub, 58 min., English, 2009, USA.
Cup of Culture - Meet the Filmmaker
City of Borders
MCC THEATER
In the heart of Jerusalem stands an unusual symbol of unity that defies generations of segregation, violence, and prejudice: a gay bar called Shushan. City of Borders goes inside this underground sanctuary where people of opposing nationalities, religions, and sexual orientations create an island of peace in a land divided by war.
Discussion with the director following the screening. Yun Suh, 66 min., English, 2009, USA.
DIVERSITY LECTURE
You Better Recognize: Visibility, Recognition, and Regulation Herman Gray
MCC THEATER
In this talk Herman Gray considers the continuing desire and push for greater media visibility and recognition of diverse groups, cultures, and histories against the back drop of the changing conditions and means of representation made possible by digital technologies, neoliberalism, and discourse of diversity and post racial cultural politics. Herman Gray is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has written widely about cultural politics, television, and jazz. His most recent book, co-edited with Macarena Gomez Barris is entitled Toward a Sociology of the Trace, a book about memory, trauma, and identity.
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy; the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor; and the Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment/Title IX Compliance.
Classical South Indian Meets Jazz with VidyA
MCC THEATER
VidyA is an adventurous new group that merges the virtuosity of Jazz with the melodic and rhythmic nuance of South Indian classical (Carnatic) music and elaborates Carnatic ragas infused with melodic richness. Led by critically-acclaimed saxophonist Prasant Radhakrishnan along with David Ewell (bass) and Sameer Gupta (Drums), VidyA has emerged with a soulful, penetrating sound that pushes the labels of 'fusion' or 'world music.' The group weaves in and out of the two genres while all the time merging them into one. '...Pioneering trans-cultural terrain.' ? San Francisco Chronicle.
Tickets $5 UCSB students/$15 general. Contact the A.S Ticket Office at 805-893-2064. Limited seating.
