Events By Quarter
Cup of Culture
The Color Purple (2023)
MCC Theater
A BOLD NEW TAKE ON THE BELOVED CLASSIC
Musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s. (140 minutes)
Building Accountable Communities with creativity IRL
Richie Reseda and JJ'88
MCC Theater and Lounge
The MultiCultural Center and Restorative Justice present an exclusive private screening for the campus community
Private Film Screening + Discussion circles + Performance by JJ’88
Watch SONGS FROM THE HOLE, the visual album-documentary composed in prison. Hosted by Richie Reseda and JJ’88, practice its real-life tools to build self-accountability and accountable communities not based in shame or punishment. Enjoy live music by the film’s writer, music artist, and main character, JJ’88.
Cup of Culture
Coming Around
MCC Theater
COMING AROUND follows 28-year-old second-generation Palestinian-Egyptian Brooklynite Eman as she weighs the decision to come out to her devout Muslim mother. Having grown up in Columbia, Missouri with her mother and sister, the three women share a unique tight-knit bond that Eman desperately wants to maintain. But despite being a scholar and visibly “out” among her queer Muslim friends, Eman sits uncomfortably in silence when it comes to her mother. To postpone coming out, she decides to marry her current boyfriend, Q, to give the appearance of strictly hetero relationship interests. The story captures how she struggles with this decision and consequently navigates the opposing expectations of her multiple identities. This is a new kind of “coming out” movie with a mother-daughter love story at its core, and it reveals the often unseen intricacies of seeking common ground and family, especially in religious and marginalized communities of color. The film also has a unique opportunity to broaden the discussion around pansexuality and bisexuality, which often gets lost in the larger discussion of queerness and sexuality. English & Arabic with English subtitles. (75 minutes)
