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2019-2020 Film Screening Schedule

The First Rainbow Coalition

By Ray Santisteban (approximate run time 56 minutes)

In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party began to form a multi-ethnic coalition with the Young Lords Organization and the Young Patriots. Banding together in one of the most segregated cities in post-war America, the Rainbow Coalition changed the face of 1960s Chicago politics and created an organizing model for future activists and politicians.

Wednesday, November 13, 2019
UAA Multicultural Center, Rasmuson Hall 101
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
FREE Parking in West Campus: West, North West Central and South Lots

Always in Season

by Jacqueline Olive (approximate run time 86 minutes)

In Always in Season, descendants of the victims and perpetrators of lynching are working together to heal a violent history. Blending observational footage with first-person testimonies and expert input, Always in Season examines the lingering impact of lynching and the link between this historic form of racial terrorism and the racial violence that exists today.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020
UAA Multicultural Center, Rasmuson Hall 101
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
FREE Parking in West Campus: West, North West Central and South Lots

Bedlam

by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg (approximate run time 86 minutes)

Filmmaker and practicing psychiatrist, Ken Rosenberg visits ERs, jails, and homeless camps to examine our national mental health crisis. Rosenberg follows the poignant stories of people grappling with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other chronic psychiatric conditions, whose silence and shame often worsen the suffering.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020
UAA Multicultural Center, Rasmuson Hall 101
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
FREE Parking in West Campus: West, North West Central and South Lots

Eating Up Easter

by Sergio Mata’u Rapu and Elena Rapu (approximate run time 56 minutes)

More than just a picture postcard of iconic stone statues, Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a microcosm of a planet in flux. Native Rapanui grapple with a booming tourism trade that rakes in money, but brings about a changing climate that threatens the fragile ecology on the island. Rapanui filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu gives voice to his fellow islanders, who struggle to balance their strong cultural heritage with modern-day challenges.

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
UAA Multicultural Center, Rasmuson Hall 101
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
FREE Parking in West Campus: West, North West Central and South Lots

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

by Matt Wolf (approximate run time 56 minutes)

Marion Stokes secretly recorded television twenty-four hours a day for thirty years. It started in 1979 with the dawn of the twenty-four hour news cycle and ended when Marion passed away in 2012. In total, Marion recorded on 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing revolutions, lies, wars, triumphs, and catastrophes that tell us who we were and how television has shaped the world of today.

Friday, April 24, 2020
UAA Multicultural Center, Rasmuson Hall 101
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
FREE Parking in West Campus: West, North West Central and South Lots