Loving Then and Now: The Context and Impact of a Landmark Civil Rights Opinion
Please join us on March 1, 2012, for a screening of The Loving Story (77 min.) at the Varsity Theater in Chapel Hill. On March 2, The Center for the Study of the American South, with support from the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, will host a symposium that will bring scholars together to discuss the film from historical, legal, and cultural perspectives. Filmmakers Nancy Buirski and Elisabeth James will speak during lunch about the making of the film. The Loving Story and this symposium are supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1
Location: Varsity Theater in Chapel Hill. Free for UNC Students and $4 for the general public.
Screening of the documentary, The Loving Story, with a post-film panel discussion.
7 p.m. – Screening of The Loving Story, as part of the Ackland Museum Film Forum and the Center’s Southern Film Series. Free for students with a valid ID and $4 for the general public.
The Loving Story (77 min.), tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving and examines the drama, the history, and the current state of interracial marriage and tolerance in the United States. The film was short-listed for an 2012 Academy Award for best documentary film.
8:30 p.m. – Panel Discussion
Moderator – Gene Nichol, Boyd Tinsley Distinguished Professor of Law, and director of the Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity
Panelists:
- Edward Ayers, president of the University of Richmond, and distinguished historian of the American South
- Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African and African American Studies, Duke University
FRIDAY, MARCH 2
Location: Hyde Hall at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Registration required, please call 962-5665 or register online.
The Center for the Study of the American South, with support from the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, will hold a symposium in the University Room of Hyde Hall that will bring scholars together to discuss the film from historical, legal, and cultural perspectives. Filmmakers Nancy Buirski and Elisabeth James will speak during lunch about the process of making the film.
9:30-10:30 a.m. – History’s Shadow: Slavery and Status
Moderator: Anna Krome-Lukens, a Ph.D. candidate in history, UNC-Chapel Hill
Panelists:
- Edward Ayers, president of the University of Richmond and distinguished historian of the American South
- Grace Hale, professor of history, and American Studies, University of Virginia
- Shannon Eaves, Ph.D. candidate in history, UNC-Chapel Hill
10:45-11:45 a.m. – Law and the Color Line
Moderator: David Palmer, lecturer in history, UNC-Chapel Hill
Panelists:
- George La Noue, professor of political science and public policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Robin Lenhardt, professor of law, Fordham University School of Law
- Eric Muller, Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law at UNC School of Law and faculty director, Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC-Chapel Hill
12:00-1 p.m. – Lunch
Filmmakers Nancy Buirski and Elisabeth James will speak about making the film.
1:00-2:00 p.m. – Loving and Survival: Exile and Place
Moderator: Ali Neff, Ph.D. candidate in communication studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
Panelists:
- Tom Rankin, director of the Center for Documentary Studies and associate professor of the practice, Duke University
- William Andrews, senior associate dean for the fine arts and humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, and E. Maynard Adams Professor of English, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Juan Logan, professor of art, UNC-Chapel Hill