Beasts of the Southern Wild will be presented by the Department of African American & African Studies and the Black Student Union. The event will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 beginning at 5:30 in Coffman Memorial Union Theater.
You are invited to attend a film screening and critical discussion of BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD. This event is a special Black History Month presentation by the Department of African American & African Studies and the Black Student Union of The University of Minnesota. It will be held on Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 beginning at 5:30 PM with the reception from and the screening and discussion from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM in the Coffman Memorial Union Theater at 300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.
Film Screening
In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.
Discussion
A post-screening discussion about the film will feature:
Leola Johnson, professor and chair of Media and Cultural Studies, Macalester College
Darryl Bullock, filmmaker
ShaVunda Horsley, actress
Keith Mayes, professor of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota
For further information, please email or call aaas@umn.edu or 612-624-9847.
