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4th Annual African Diaspora Film Festival: Women Directors, Women in the World
Rain (Maria Govan), Poto Mitan (Renee Bergen and Mark Schuller), Scene not Heard (Maori Karmael Holms), Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash)
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Rain (Maria Govan, 2008): Thursday 2/18, 7pm Ciné 234 W. Hancock Avenue
One of the first indigenously produced feature films from the Bahamas, this film presents a compelling portrayal of a young woman coming of age and the many complex facets of this Caribbean nation. Winner of the best New Director/First Film Award at the Pan African Film Festival in addition to audience and other awards at festivals in Africa, Asia, the Americas & Europe.
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Poto Mitan (Renée Bergen & Mark Schuller): Friday 2/19, 7pm UGA Tate Center Room 481
This documentary examines globalization and its impact through the stories and voices of five Haitian women workers. An in-depth look into Haitian women's lives, issues of poverty, neoliberal globalization and worker exploitation that highlights the importance of communal activism and grassroots mobilization in working for change. Narration by Edwidge Danticat.
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Scene not Heard (Maori Karmael Holms): Friday 2/26, 7pm UGA 4th Floor Memorial Hall
This documentary, featuring interviews with some of the leading representatives of women in hip hop alongside the newcomers, gives voice to the women so integral to the music scene in Philadelphia. Local promoters, scholars, and critics shed light on the women's contributions to hip hop locally and nationwide, and they explore the gender issues of this male-dominated industry.
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Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash): Thursday 3/4, 7pm UGA Tate Center Room 481
Filmed on St. Helena Island in South Carolina, this film tells the story of three generations of Gullah women at the turn of the 20th century and tradition that accompany their move. Daughters of the Dust was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and in 2004, it was selected by the National Film Registry for preservation in the Library of Congress.
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APERO Brown Bag Lecture Series
All lectures held Wednesdays, 12:15-1:15, African American Cultural Center 407 Memorial Hall
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Mandala Journal: an online student-run multicultural journal for poets, writers, artists & thinkers
Call for Submissions
Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, Art
2010 Theme: Cosmopolitanism
Email Deadline: 11:59pm, February 15, 2010
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African American Studies at UGA
The Institute for African American Studies (IAAS) at the University of Georgia (UGA) is located in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Courses in African American Studies were first offered in 1969. Over the past four decades, African American Studies at UGA has evolved into an Institute with an undergraduate major and undergraduate certificate program. The Institute currently has ten core faculty members, nine of whom are jointly appointed with departments in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and one of whom is jointly appointed in the College of Education.
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UGA's Institute for African American Studies boasts a renowned faculty who have published scores of books and critical articles, earned numerous awards in research and teaching, and have proved themselves influential in African American studies and in their own areas of traditional scholarship.
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Students are the lifeblood of the Institute. The Institute prides itself on being student-engaged and student-centered, and for offering intellectually stimulating, rigorous, and exciting courses. Students enrolled in African American studies courses come from a wide variety of majors, disciplines, and ethnicities.
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Engagement with UGA, Athens, and the surrounding communities is a critical component of the Institute’s mission. Emerging from the Black Freedom Struggle and the Civil Rights Movement, the field of African American Studies involves both scholarly and practical components, encouraging engagement between the Institute, the University, and the local communities.
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