Film as a tool for public discourse: race and gender
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Films provide a lens for us to connect more intimately with the world. Presenters will address how this powerful form of storytelling can give us opportunities to learn about other’s lived experience, facilitate overcoming prejudice, lead to genuine bonds of friendship, create meaningful conversations, and inspire us to be agents of change, walking a path of service towards a just society. They will also touch on aspects of academic discourse related to representation and homogenizing in film, critical race theory, and feminist film theory in terms of exploring race and gender in cinema.
Tara Jabbari
A digital media consultant, Tara has a BA in Electronic Media from Bradley University and an MA in Communication, Culture & Technology from Georgetown University. She worked in documentaries, serving in New Zealand as an editor and producer for Baha'i on Air and similar like projects.
Christina Wright
Christina Wright is a Lecturer in the Department of Film and Theatre, College of Humanities and the Arts, at San Jose State University, an Instructor in the Film and Television Department, Creative Arts Division at De Anza College and Online Faculty for the Wilmette Institute. She also freelances as a Screenwriter, Social Emotional Arts Facilitator and as a Film Curation Consultant and Reviewer for Wayfarer Theaters. Christina has facilitated arts education workshops and discussions at a number of schools and conference centers for over 10 years with a focus on media literacy and the use of the arts as a tool for character education, leadership development and integrative wellness.
Derik Smith
Derik Smith is a professor in the Department of Literature at Claremont McKenna College; he is currently chair of the Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies at the Claremont Colleges. His work is anchored in the analysis of American culture and, particularly, African American literary culture. He is the author of many articles, and the book, Robert Hayden In Verse: New Histories of African American Poetry and the Black Arts Era.
Anne Gordon Perry
Anne Perry (PhD Aesthetic Studies/Humanities) teaches Art Appreciation and Humanities through Dallas College and art-related courses through the Wilmette Institute. Her commitment to creativity through writing, drama, and film spans decades. With her husband she has produced films about ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's travels in the West. She has also published essays, fiction, poetry, and children’s books.
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