OCTOBER 27, 2011 – SHOW BOAT (1951)
6:30 p.m. – Screening of Show Boat, 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.
8:30 p.m. – Panel Discussion
Panelists:
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- Gregory Kable, Department of Dramatic Art, UNC-CH
- Tim Carter, Department of Music, UNC-CH
- Charlene Regester, Assistant Professor, African and Afro-American Studies
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 – MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991)
7:00 p.m. – Screening of Mississippi Masala, 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.
MARCH 1, 2012 – THE LOVING STORY (2011)
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 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 feature.
8:30 p.m. – Panel Discussion moderated by Gene Nichol, Boyd Tinsley Distinguished Professor of Law, and director of the Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity
Panelists:
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- 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, 2012 – THE LOVING STORY SYMPOSIUM
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. Location: Hyde Hal, Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Registration required. Please call 962-5665 or register online.
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. – History’s Shadow: Slavery and Status, moderated by Anna Krome-Lukens, a PhD candidate in history, UNC-Chapel Hill
Panelists:
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- 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, moderated by David Palmer, lecturer in history, UNC-Chapel Hill
Panelists:
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- 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 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch: Filmmakers Nancy Buirski and Elisabeth James speak about making the film.
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Loving and Survival: Exile and Place, moderated by Ali Neff, PhD candidate in communication studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
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- 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