DAAS Diasporic Dialogues Filmscreening of I Heard It Through the Grapevine with James Baldwin followed by a Conversation with Director/Actress Pat Hartley
I Heard it Through the Grapevine is a documentary. James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. (IMDB)
Pat Hartley states,
"In 1982, I produced I Heard It Through The Grapevine, a documentary film that took the writer on a journey back through the Civil Rights South. From Selma to Birmingham to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, FL, along the way Jimmy meets Chinua Achebe, Sterling Brown, Amiri Baraka and others."
Please join us for a screening of the documentary followed by a conversation with Pat Hartley.
Pat Hartley states,
"In 1982, I produced I Heard It Through The Grapevine, a documentary film that took the writer on a journey back through the Civil Rights South. From Selma to Birmingham to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, FL, along the way Jimmy meets Chinua Achebe, Sterling Brown, Amiri Baraka and others."
Please join us for a screening of the documentary followed by a conversation with Pat Hartley.
| Building: | Museum of Art |
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| Event Type: | Film Screening |
| Tags: | Activism, african american, african and afroamerican studies, African Diaspora, Afroamerican, american culture, black history, Blackness, daas, English Language And Literature, film, film screening, Lgbtq, Literary Arts, Literature, Race, Racism, Writing |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Department of Afroamerican and African Studies |
