BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//141.193.213.20//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Union Theological Seminary X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://utsnyc.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23866@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T074051Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:EDS at Union CONTACT:Miguel Escobar\; mescobar@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:“Clearly\, Gerima intends for Sankofa to expand the boundaries of Black representation in ways that include more diverse\, realistic\, an d\nempowering images and\, in turn\, enable Black audiences to see themsel ves in new ways that are divorced from dominant images.”\n–E. Assata Wrigh t\, Black Film Review\n \nJoin us on Wednesday\, October 12 from 2:00 – 4: 25 pm ET in AD 30 for a screening of the film Sankofa. Produced by the cel ebrated Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima\, the film centers on the Atlanti c slave trade and features Oyafunmike Ogunlano\, Kofi Ghanaba\, Mutabaruka \, Alexandra Duah\, and Afemo Omilami. This is an in-person event at Union Theological Seminary. We are no longer accepting RSVPs for this event. \n This rich film illustrates slavery from the view that many Blacks have bee n denied\, their history. It explores the themes of loss of identity and r acial consciousness\; respecting and returning to our ancestral roots\; an d recognizing the connections that exist between people of African descent who live throughout the world.”\n–Michelle McClure in Black Camera\nFollo wing the screening\, Dean Kelly Brown Douglas\, Dean of EDS at Union\, wil l facilitate a short discussion with the audience. This screening is part of EDS at Union’s Expanding the Moral Imaginary Through Film project. Coho rt members will be on campus for a day of events including the screening. \nRead More about Sankofa\nDelving Into the Languages of Haile Gerima’s R evered ‘Sankofa’ | Its significance in movie history and the director’s in fluence on Black filmmaking cannot be overstated\, for the film\, an epic narrative of a slave revolt\, was conceived and birthed under challenging circumstances. These conditions included the long shadow cast by coloniali sm\, a racist industry hostile to meaningful stories about Black people\, and the particular struggles an independent Black filmmaker faced in secur ing funding (money\, of course\, is always a problem) and distribution.\nM y streaming gem: why you should watch Sankofa: While it is often as distur bing as you’d expect a film about the African holocaust and chattel slaver y to be\, its narrative arc is simply too thrilling\, its mystical and emo tional force too enrapturing\, for it to ever devolve into what we today l ike to call “trauma porn”. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T162500 GEO:+40.811238;-73.9619 LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary\, AD 30 @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\, NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Sankofa Film Screening and Discussion URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/sankofa-film-screening-and-discussion/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sankofa-15 0x150.webp\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/san kofa.webp\;1200\;1200\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nJoin us on Wednesday\, October 12 from 2:00 – 4:25 pm ET in AD 30 for a screening of the film Sankofa. Produce d by the celebrated Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima\, the film centers on the Atlantic slave trade and features Oyafunmike Ogunlano\, Kofi Ghanaba\ , Mutabaruka\, Alexandra Duah\, and Afemo Omilami. This is an in-person ev ent at Union Theological Seminary. We are no longer accepting RSVPs for th is event.
\nFollowing the screening\, Dean Kelly Brown Douglas\, Dean of EDS at Union\, will facilitate a short d iscussion with the audience. This screening is part of EDS at Union’s Expanding the Moral Imaginary Th rough Film project. Cohort members will be on campus for a day of even ts including the screening.
\nDelving Into the L anguages of Haile Gerima’s Revered ‘Sankofa’ | Its significance in movie history and the director’s influence on Black filmmaking cannot be overstated\, for the film\, an epic narrative of a slave revolt\, was c onceived and birthed under challenging circumstances. These conditions inc luded the long shadow cast by colonialism\, a racist industry hostile to m eaningful stories about Black people\, and the particular struggles an ind ependent Black filmmaker faced in securing funding (money\, of course\, is always a problem) and distribution.
\nMy streaming gem: why you should watch Sankofa: While it is often as distur bing as you’d expect a film about the African holocaust and chattel slaver y to be\, its narrative arc is simply too thrilling\, its mystical and emo tional force too enrapturing\, for it to ever devolve into what we today l ike to call “trauma porn”.
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