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Wind down your week with our fall movie night series featuring award winning Black films. Join us for Super Fly (1972) directed by Gordon Parks Jr., a classic Blaxploitation genre film that alternates between action scenes and music video-like moments. Well known for its soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield, Super Fly tells the story of a drug dealer planning to make his last deal before he retires. The film will be followed by a discussion facilitated by student film enthusiasts where you can learn more and share your thoughts. Bring your snacks and your friends for good times and great discussions!
A talk by Astrida Neimanis, associate professor, English and Cultural Studies, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Wind down your week with our fall movie night series featuring award winning Black films. Join us for Akilla's Escape (2020), an award-winning independent Caribbean-Canadian film on the urban child-soldier. It follows the story of Akilla Brown who captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one grueling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped. The film will be followed by a discussion facilitated by Elya Myers where you can learn more and share your thoughts. Bring your snacks and your friends for good times and great discussions!
This participatory workshop draws on social art practice, infrastructural politics, and feminist frameworks to experiment in the redistribution of low-stakes vulnerability towards "better weathering."
Wind down your week with our fall movie night series featuring award winning Black films. Join us for Get Out (2017), the Academy Award winning Black Horror film and directorial debut by Jordan Peele. The film follows a young Black man who goes to visit his white girlfriend’s family for the weekend but shortly uncovers shocking secrets. The film will be followed by a discussion facilitated by Camerin Wild where you can learn more and share your thoughts. Bring your snacks and your friends for good times and great discussions!