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Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - 12:00pm
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Event Description:
Throughout the month of February, the Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion at Yale School of Medicine presents the 1st Annual Black History Month Film Series. Join us each week for a virtual showing of a thought-provoking movie that addresses the Black experience in America. Films will be shown on the Eventive platform, for a true virtual film screening experience, and will be followed by expert-led discussions on the themes raised in the films. The film series is open to the public. Details below!
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FEB. 23, 12pm, EST: THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS: Oprah Winfrey stars in the true story of a woman’s search for enlightenment about her mother — whose “immortal” cells would save millions of lives. Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line, known as HeLa. Told through the eyes of Lack’s daughter Deborah (Winfrey) and journalist Rebecca Skloot (Rose Byrne), the film chronicles Deborah’s search to learn about the mother she never knew. Following the movie, Darin Latimore, MD, deputy dean of diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Yale School of Medicine and Rochelle D. Smith, MS, associate dean of diversity and associate chief diversity officer will lead a discussion on the film and its themes.