Sankofa Houston Premiere and Event, Director: Haile Gerima, 1994

Item

Identifier: HI-2019-0081

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Scope and Contents

"Houston Premiere and Filmmaker Presentation. Lecture by Haile Gerima whose film ""Sankofa"" which was screened as part of the event. The lecture is on racism, Black representation in media and the possibility of film to interpret and change possible through film.

Moderator: Hamid Naficy. The event is first in a public lecture series on media studies.

Event sponsored by: Rice Media Center, Rice Center for the Study of Cultures University of Houston - African-American studies, Texas Southern University - Department of History and Geography The Cultural Arts Council of Houston, LIFE/Work International, SHAPE Community Center, AWASH Ethiopian Restaurant, Queen of Sheba, and the Ethiopian Community Ancestral Films Inc. "

Dates

Creation: 1994

Conditions Governing Access

A digitized copy is accessible upon request by contacting woodson@rice.edu and using identifier # HI-2019-0081 in the request. This item is stored in a nearline / dark preservation environment.