April 10: Allyson Nadia Field on Fixing "The Birth of a Nation" --NEW LOCATION!
Please join the Chicago Film Seminar at 6:30 pm on Thursday, April 10 to welcome Allyson Nadia Field (UCLA) for her talk, "Fixing The Birth of a Nation : Hampton Institute, The New Era, and the Ambiguities of Uplift." Cynthia Blair (UIC ) will provide the response. The CFS will be held at a new location --Notre Dame's Loop Campus at 224 S. Michigan Ave. (the room number and entrance instructions will be forthcoming). Thursday, April 10 at 6:30pm Allyson Nadia Field , UCLA "Fixing The Birth of a Nation : Hampton Institute, The New Era , and the Ambiguities of Uplift" Respondent : Cynthia Blair , UIC Field describes her talk as follows: This talk considers the intersection of African American uplift cinema and The Birth of a Nation. In April 1915, when The Birth of a Nation had its Boston premiere, it was met with strong protest from African Americans and those supportive of the "Negro cause." To appeas...