February
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2004
Filmmaker
to Discuss Ralph Bunche Documentary
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Filmmaker William Greaves |
Award-winning filmmaker William Greaves
will speak about his documentary, Ralph
Bunche: An American Odyssey, Thursday, February 26, at 7:30 pm in Gamble Auditorium. There
will be screenings of the film at 7 pm on February 24 and 25
in Room 101 of Dwight Hall. The screenings and talk are free
and open to the public, and both venues are accessible by wheelchair.
Greaves’s talk, which coincides with Black History Month, is part of the
Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts series Geographies
of Color: Education, Inequality, and Black Leadership in the Twenty-First Century. The
series, which opened in the fall with a talk by Joy James of Brown University
on “Democratic Crises and Radical Intellectuals,” commemorates the
one-hundredth anniversary of W.E.B. DuBois’s “Talented Tenth” essay,
as well as the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of
Education, the landmark
1954 Supreme Court ruling against racial segregation in public schools. The Geographies
of Color series invites scholars, writers, and filmmakers to campus to reflect
on DuBois’s leadership in light of contemporary struggles toward racial
and social equality. Speakers will also revisit the role that education has played
in charting new approaches to ending race-based inequality and injustice.
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey is the first film to explore the life and legacy
of Ralph Bunche, the first African American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
and former United Nations under-secretary for special political affairs. Narrated
by Sidney Poitier, this seminal documentary explores the meaning of Bunche’s
accomplishments and his contribution to global decolonization, conflict resolution,
and human rights advancements.
In celebration of the centenary of the birth of Ralph Bunche, Greaves, a member
of the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame and recipient of more than 70 international
film festival awards, will explore facets of black leadership that were either
challenged or exemplified by Bunche. Greaves also will discuss his own experiences
as a prominent African American filmmaker devoted to chronicling the lives of
key figures in African American history.
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