Colleagues:
Introducing our next film in the Spring 2012 Social Justice Film
Series - "Cruel and Unusual"
Wednesday, March 28th,
2012 (Today)
(Two showings)
12 Noon - 104 Allen House
7:30 PM - 216 Living/Learning Commons
A brief discussion of the major themes follows the
viewing.
About the film: Women, transgender women such
as Ashley, Linda, Anna, Yolanda, and Ophelia, are incarcerated in
men's prisons across the U.S. from Wyoming to New Jersey and
Florida. Denied medical and psychological treatment, victims of rape
and violence, this documentary asks if the punishment for their
crime is indeed cruel and unusual. [Run time: 64 minutes]
A poster of the film is attached.
About the Social Justice Film Series: Brought
to you by the Center for Cultural Pluralism, the Spring 2012
Social Justice Film Series theme is 'Conversations at the
Crossroads' and offers participants an educational
opportunity to explore through film and subsequent discourse and
engage issues of identity in its various forms, visible and
invisible. Films selected for the Social Justice Film Series have
two viewings and are generally screened up to a half hour and
followed by an engaged discourse on the themes by
the participants. To be respectful of your time, it is our hope
that this entire educational program does not exceed ninety
minutes.
About the Center for Cultural Pluralism: Established
in 1999 at the Allen House, the Center for Cultural Pluralism
(CCP) is dedicated to helping UVM achieve its core mission
to provide quality multicultural education in order to equip
faculty, staff and students with the competencies necessary to
function in a diverse world. Focusing on the complex intersections
of issues of culture and social justice, the Center offers a
unique “Cultural Hub” where individuals and organizations working
on behalf of cultural diversity and social justice issues
can collaborate and coalesce.
Join us!
Respectfully,
Dirk
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Dirk J. Rodricks
Program Coordinator
Center for Cultural Pluralism
461 Main Street, Allen House
University of Vermont | Burlington, VT 05405
(802) 656-7990 (office) | (802) 656-3348
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