Fall 2010 Social Justice Film Series on Music Culture and Media

BAMBOOZLEDThursday, September 16, 2010
Lafayette 108, 7pm
Join us as we examine blackface and UVM?s once popular minstrel
tradition Kake Walk through a film screening of Spike Lee?s
?Bamboozled?. A pre-screening presentation will include a brief
history of Kake Walk, an exploration of racist visual vocabulary, and
a look at the resurgence of these themes. Co-Sponsored by the Center
for Digital Initiatives and the Fleming Museum.

CORPUS: A HOME MOVIE FOR SELENA
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
L/L Commons 216, 7pm
This classic release from award-winning filmmaker Lourdes Portillo is
a complex tribute to Selena, the Tejana superstar gunned down in 1995
by the president of her fan club, just as she was on the brink of
blockbuster crossover fame. While the story of her murder, which was
filled with sex, glamour and be-trayal, caught the attention of many
outside the Chicano com-munity, this film moves well beyond the
sensational to present a nuanced feminist analysis of Selena?s
story.

  9500 LIBERTY
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Billings Lecture Hall, 7:30pm
Join director and producer Eric Byler as he presents 9500 Liberty, a
documentary. 9500 Liberty reveals the startling vulnerability of a
local government, targeted by national anti-immigration networks
using the internet to frighten and intimidate lawmakers and
citizens. Alarmed by a climate of fear and racial division residents
form a resistance using YouTube videos and virtual town halls,
setting up a real-life showdown in the seat of county government.

  AGHAN STAR
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
L/L Commons 216, 7pm
After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, pop Idol has come to
Afghanistan. Millions are watching the TV series and voting for their
favorite singers by mobile phone. For many this is their first
encounter with democracy. This timely film follows the dramatic
stories of four contestants as they risk all to become the nation?s
favorite singer. But will they attain the freedom they hope for in
this vulnerable and traditional nation?

  SLINGSHOT HIP-HOP

  Tuesday, November 20, 2010
L/L Commons 216, 7pm
This groundbreaking film braids together the stories of young
Palestinians living in Gaza, the West bank, and inside Israel as they
discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surround divisions
imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and
Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this
is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.

  Co-Sponsored by the Office of the Associate Provost for
Multicultural Affairs. For more information please contact Amanda
Flores at the Center for Cultural Pluralism at [log in to unmask],
http://www.uvm.edu/~ccpuvm[1[1]], 802-656-7990

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Amanda Flores
Programs and Outreach Coordinator
Center for Cultural Pluralism
HESA Graduate Student '11
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802-656-7990