DETAILS The Indiana University Cinema is proud to present its first film festival. The theme of DIVERSITY will offer filmmakers (and non-filmmakers) the chance to create and enter either a short PSA or trailer into competition. Prizes will be awarded including top prize of a MacBook Pro with Final Cut Express. The festival is… Read more »
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Terrell Starr: "Black in Ukraine"
Free-lance journalist Terrell Starr, whose work has appeared in Crisis Magazine, The Grio, and Illinois public radio, will speak about research into the African immigrant and African-Ukrainian community in Kyiv, Ukraine that he conducted as a Fulbright scholar and affiliate of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in 2009 and 2010. When: Thursday March 03,… Read more »
Brown Bag Talk: Nzingha Kendall
The Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies presents: A Brown Bag Talk by Nzingha Kendall “En)visioning Black Female Subjectivity: A close reading of Kathleen Collins’s LOSING GROUND & Sara Gomez’s DE CIERTA MANERA” Nzingha Kendall will provide an illuminating analysis of these important films – don’t miss it! Wednesday, February… Read more »
From Slavery to Freedom: February 18, 2011
An Evening with Spike Lee: February 26
Save the date: Saturday, February 26, 7 p.m. Award-winning film director Spike Lee, among the best-known filmmakers today, will appear at IU Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 26, as the signature event of ArtsWeek 2011. Lee’s talk will tie into the theme of ArtsWeek 2011, which is ArtsTeach…. Read more »
Acclaimed Film Director Peter Bogdanovich to Help Dedicate New IU Cinema
WHAT: Dedication of the new Indiana University Cinema WHEN: Jan. 27, 4 p.m. WHERE: IU Cinema, 1213 E. 7th St., Bloomington, Ind. EDITORS: The dedication ceremony will be available to Indianapolis TV stations via the IU Video Link and will be streamed live on the Web at http://www.broadcast.iu.edu. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An appearance by internationally… Read more »
Haiti Film Festival, Bloomington, Indiana: January 23, 2011
A new film festival that focuses on the ongoing social and economic needs of people in Haiti is scheduled for 1-7:30 p.m. on Jan. 23 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The Haiti Film Festival is presented by Indiana University’s Latino Cultural Center (La Casa) and the community group Bloomington for Haiti. The Haiti Film Festival will… Read more »
Slaves of the Saints at Indiana University-Bloomington
Indiana University: Mercy, Mercy Me Symposium, October 7
Mercy, Mercy Me! : Black Environmental Thought & the Future of African American Studies Symposium will take place October 7, 2010 in Frangipani Room at IMU, 5:00-7:30 pm. The event will highlight the research, scholarship, and activist approaches of emerging, innovative scholars in various disciplines and fields, and the speakers will address the following questions… Read more »
Fear of a Bleak Planet: Rapping About Race, Poverty, and the Environment
In conjunction with the College of Art and Sciences’ Themester focus on “Sustain.ability: Thriving on a Small Planet,” the Archives of African American Music and Culture is sponsoring a panel discussion/exhibit opening reception, Fear of a Bleak Planet: Rapping About Race, Poverty, and the Environment on Monday, Oct. 4th, 5-7pm. Fear of a Bleak Planet:… Read more »