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| Dr. Hayes presents Dope |
Every semester the English, Women Studies, and History
Departments team up to review and examine Black cinema. The Black Film Series
Screening has a new theme that is very relevant to this campus and the experiences
of the students here at Tennessee State University. This semester's theme is Race in
Academia, and in this cycle of films race will be analyzed in all stages of
Education.
Every semester, the goal of the film series is to choose black motion
pictures that display a positive representation of African American culture,
and it often address issues in our society. I caught up with Dr. Jennifer Hayes, and we
discussed the objective and purposes of presenting Race in Academia to the
Tennessee State University campus. She says the Black Film Series committee was searching for films that had relevance to a HBCU (Historical Black College and
University) student in particular.
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| Tigers who showed up to watch Dope |
The film series started with Dope on Feb. 16th; this movie focused of race in high
schools. Higher Learning is the second film and it displays race challenges for African Americans in a predominantly white school.
The last film, School Daze, explores race relations at a HBCU. Dr. Hayes points out that the goal of this particular
film series is:
“To consider race in a broad way,
and think of how their educational experience is framing their understanding of
race, and how different settings
with educational spaces can offer different
type of experiences and understanding in race and race problems.”
The event will take place on three different days and it
will start at 10 am in the POAG Auditorium in Humanities. There will be a
discussion after the screening and light refreshments that movie watchers can
enjoy!!! Everyone is welcome, Students, Faculty, and Friends.
Enjoy!
Chandler Wilson
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