Black Studies

Black Studies professors invite students to swing by the basement lounge in Carr Hall for an informal lunch and drop-in information session about upcoming Black Studies courses and events. Black Studies professors will be there to talk about the major and the department and answer any questions students may have. Hope to see you there!

HIRSCHFIELD THURSDAYS PRESENTS:

MAMBAR PIERRETTE, a free-spirited seamstress navigates poverty and patriarchy in the Cameroonian city of Douala.

Cameroon/Belgium - 2023 - 93 minutes - A Film by Rosine Mbakam.

Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM.

Watch the trailer HERE
Co-Sponsored by the Hirschfield Film Endowment

Building from the approach to decolonization and abolition in the Haitian Revolution as well as from Frantz Fanon’s view of combative decolonization and decoloniality, the presentation makes the case for the abolition of the humanities as a crucial component of the project for decolonizing knowledge today.

The  Black Studies Program Raquel Albarrán Lecture Spring 2024 Speaker—Professor Juliet Hooker, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science, Brown University.

Why Erica Garner Also Couldn’t Breathe: Maternal Grief and Black Politics

Moonlight is an American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unpublished semi-autobiographical play, In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. The film explores the three stages in the life of the main character: childhood, adolescence, early adult life, and the difficulties he faces with his sexuality and identity while growing up in the Liberty City area of Miami, Florida.

Watch the official trailer here. 

Judas and the Black Messiah is an American biographical crime drama film directed and produced by Shaka King. The film is about the late-60s infiltration of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gain intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton. It received six Academy Award nominations and is revered as one of the greatest films of the 21st century.

Watch the official trailer here. 

Mother of George tells the story of a newly married Nigerian couple, Ayodele (Isaach de Bankolé) and Adenike (Danai Gurira), who manage a small restaurant in Brooklyn, NY while struggling with fertility issues. The film explores the challenges of defying cultural expectations.

Watch the official trailer here. 

Do the Right Thing isathought-provoking film directed by Academy award winner, Spike Lee. It is touted as one of the most groundbreaking and culturally significant films of its time and centers around one inner city day in Brooklyn, NY where temperatures and racial tensions reach a boiling point. “You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can…Do the Right Thing.”

Watch the official trailer here. 

 

During World War II, Black people living in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe were in some cases incarcerated in internment and concentration camps. One of the most significant visual documents of this neglected chapter of the war are a series of drawings and paintings created by Caribbean artist Josef Nassy during his internment. This talk introduces the little known Josef Nassy Collection as a unique visual record of the experiences of Black prisoners in the Nazi camp system.

Come by to see the work of Black Studies students anytime between 10 am and 3 pm and join us for lunch and student film presentations between 12:10-1:10 pm.