Spring 2004 Social Justice Film Series

Showings at Center for Cultural Pluralism (Allen House) unless otherwise listed

Title	Day/Time	Location	Comments
I Shall Not Be Removed	February 2, 2004 4:30pm – 6:30pm	-film and discussion to be held in Memorial Lounge, Waterman.	This loving film biography provides a fitting memorial to film maker Marlon Riggs.
Daughter from Danang	February 11, 2004 6pm – 8:30pm	-film and discussion to be held in John Dewey Lounge – Old Mill	Dinner, Movie and Discussion (RSVP*) Story of a child of an US soldier and Vietnamese who is reunited with her mother after growing-up for 22 years in the USA.
Bamboozled/ Kake Walk	February 19, 2004 7pm – 9:00pm	-film to be held in CC Theatre, Billings. Reception to follow in MLK Lounge	For some it was simply a “tradition.” For others, it became an insult. Today it is hard to realize how Kake Walk attracted hundreds of students, faculty, staff, community and alumni. Join us in the showing of UVM history & a Spike Lee’s film, Bamboozled.
The Difference Between Us	February 25, 2004 12Noon – 1:30pm	Allen House Rm. 104 Seating is limited to 30 people, please call to register.	The Differences Between Us is the 1st episode in the PBS series Race: The Power of Illusion. It shows that despite what we’ve always believed the world’s peoples simply don’t come bundled into distinct biological groups.
Tales from Arab Detroit	March 5, 2004 12Noon – 1:30pm	Allen House & Seating is limited to 30 people, please call to register.	When an Arab American community center brings an Egyptian poet to perform a 1000-year-old epic, sparks fly.
The Story We Tell	March 24, 2004 12Noon – 1:30pm	Allen House & Seating is limited to 30 people, please call to register.	The Story We Tell is the 2nd episode in the PBS series tracing the origins of the racial idea to the European conquest of the New World and to the American slave system
The House We Live In	March 31, 2004 12Noon – 1:30pm	Allen House & Seating is limited to 30 people, please call to register.	This film is the third and final episode in the PBS series. It begins by looking at the massive immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe. As well as the segregated suburbs and housing following World War II.
Girlfight	April 8, 2004 7pm – 9:30pm	-film to be held in CC Theatre, Billings. Reception to follow in MLK Lounge	Girlfight is a right of passage story about a young woman who finds discipline & self-respect live in the most unlikely place- a boxing ring.
The Life and Times of Harvey Milk	April 15, 2004 7pm – 9:30pm	-film to be held in CC Theatre, Billings. Reception to follow in MLK Lounge	Film interweaves newsreel footage and personal interviews to construct a compelling portrait of the life & untimely death of Harvey Milk.

Explore issues for yourself, and discuss with others what they mean today. Due to limiting seating in

Allen House, please *register for these films by contacting Alina Torres at the Center for

Cultural Pluralism at 656-7990 or by email at alina.torres@uvm.edu.

Some of the films are co-sponsored by the ALANA Student Center, LGBTQA Services, and the Women’s Center.