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November 9, 2022 Announcing Baruch’s
Collaboration with the
New York African Diaspora International Film Festival and the Screening of
Black Mexicans/La Negrada Dear Baruch College Community Members, Please note that, with
the generous support of the CUNY Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI)
and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the College’s Office of Diversity, Compliance, and Equity Initiatives (ODCEI) will host lectures, panel discussions, and film screenings throughout the 2022–23 academic year.
Specifically,
Baruch’s ODCEI administrators will use
CUNY BRESI
funds to foster a collaboration with the
New York African Diaspora International Film Festival (NYADIFF) to present virtual and in-person film
screenings from the extensive cinema libraries of NYADIFF and
Artmattan Films. Each screening will also feature conversations with the filmmakers and/or panelists.
Mark Your Calendar: Virtual Screening of
Black Mexicans/La Negrada Our first event will be
a virtual screening of the feature film
Black Mexicans/La Negrada
(2018, Spanish with English subtitles). Following the screening, Dr. Reinaldo Barbosa-Spech, president of ArtMattan Productions, and
Dr. Keisha Allan, Assistant Professor in Baruch’s
Department of Black and Latino Studies,
will participate in a virtual conversation with Jorge Pérez Solano, Director of
Black Mexicans/La Negrada,
about his work on this film, the first Mexican film to focus on the experiences of Afro-Mexicans. Details below. Virtual Film Screening and Discussion:
Black Mexicans/La Negrada
Wednesday, Nov. 16
5:15–7:00 pm For more information and to register, please review the
e-flyer and visit this webpage. For those not able to participate in the event in real time, the film will be available to the
Baruch community on a special platform from Monday, Nov. 14–Friday, Nov. 18. We look forward to seeing many of you virtually and in person at these events throughout the current year and will share the latest in this series as events become available. Sincerely, Elliott Dawes, JD, LLM, Executive Chief Diversity Officer
Kimara Patton, Esq., Deputy Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX/EEO Coordinator
Kendrell Lawson, MPA, Diversity and Operations Specialist
Baruch College Office of Diversity, Compliance, and Equity Initiatives (ODCEI)
BC ODCEI Twitter:
@Baruch_ODCEI
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