A screening of Strange Fruit, a film that explores the origins and legacy of Billie Holiday's haunting classic song, will be presented by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction on February 28, 2013 from 5:45-7:30pm in Peik Hall 28.
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Diversity Dialogue Series & CI 8150: Postcolonialism, Globalization, and Education
Present a Film Screening: Strange Fruit
(Producer/Director: Joel Katz, 2002)
WHEN: February 28, 5:45-7:30 pm
WHERE: Peik Hall 28
We will have pizza. Please feel free to bring your own drinks.
Strange Fruit explores the origins and legacy of Billie Holiday's haunting classic, one of the most influential protest songs ever written. The saga brings viewers face-to-face with the terror of lynching even as it spotlights the courage of those who fought for racial justice. It examines the history of lynching, and the interplay of race, labor, and the left, and popular culture that gave rise to the Civil Rights Movement.
While many people assume the song
Strange Fruit wasn't written by Holiday herself, it was actually written as a poem by a Jewish-American school teacher from the Bronx.
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