INVENTING BEAUTY
18th African American Film Festival
It’s often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that beauty is only skin-deep. Yet, beauty is power. So, what is beauty? Where does it come from and what does it mean to us today?
Join author, curator and film scholar Terri Francis for the 18th African American Film Festival
Francis and her special guests take you on a cinematic journey through the social, historical and personal dynamics of how we learn and question what and who we (should) find beautiful in the context of ground-breaking and gorgeous African American films. The films in INVENTING BEAUTY invite us to reflect on our personal and perhaps shifting notions of beauty—a concept that is as intimate as it is social, as timeless as it is always changing.
Guests attending PEAK performances in the Rinker Playhouse and Persson Hall will receive one complimentary beverage with every ticket purchased (underage guests will be offered a non-alcoholic selection).
PEAK performances made possible by a grant from the MLDauray Arts Initiative in honor of Leonard and Sophie Davis
LOSING GROUND (FEATURE)
AN ECSTATIC EXPERIENCE (SHORT)
Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse
February 16, 2024 7:00PM
BRIGHT ROAD (FEATURE)SEVENTH GRADE (SHORT)
Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse
February 17, 2024 2:00PM
DAUGHTER OF THE DUST (FEATURE)WHEN ANGELS SPEAK OF LOVE (SHORT)
Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse
February 18, 2024 6:30PM
Festival Panelists
Terri Francis
PhD, Associate Professor of Cinematic Arts, School of Communication University of Miami
Lagueria Davis
Director, Filmmaker
Imani Warren
Producer, Writer, Filmmaker
Ja’Tovia Gary
Director, Filmmaker, Artist
Stefani Saintonge
Filmmaker, Educator, Editor
Helen Peña
Filmmaker, Curator, Activist
Tiffany Gilbert
PhD, Chair and Professor of the Department of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington