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!
REGISTER FOR THE FILM SERIES ON EVENTIVE
FEB. 10, 5:30pm EST: THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: From filmmaker and Yale senior lecturer Thomas Allen Harris, this is the first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, and probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost. Following the movie, filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, senior lecturer in African American studies and film and media studies, will lead a discussion on the film and its themes.
Coming up:
- FEB. 17, 6pm EST: LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL HIGH: 50 YEARS LATER
- FEB. 23, 12pm EST: THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS