Committed to School Reform? Continue the Conversation.

Engage in the conversation with the Equity in Education Film Series. These events are designed to provide a forum for dialogue and community building by exploring the experiences of students and educators as shown in performance art, films, panels, and workshops.

Every 3rd Saturday at 3:00 p.m.

January 21st, 2012

Science Building 1067

Precious Knowledge

Precious Knowledge interweaves the transformative stories of seniors in the Mexican American Studies Program at Tucson High School. Inequalities in education continue to affect people of color. The ticking time bomb story of our time is that fewer than six in 10 Latino adults in the United States have a high school diploma. These alarming dropout rates will continue to have a serious impact on our nation. Our documentary goes further, however, by illustrating forms of critical pedagogy that can empower Latino youth and other youth of color and change this state of affairs.

February 18th, 2012

North Classroom 1130

The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman

The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting For "Superman" highlights the real-life experiences of public school parents, students and educators to show how so-called reforms are actually hurting public education. The film discusses the kinds of real reform - inside schools and in our society as a whole - that we urgently need to genuinely transform education in this country.

March 17th, 2012

North Classroom 1130

Papers

"Papers" is the story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status. There are approximately 2 million undocumented children who were born outside the U.S. and raised in this country. These are young people who were educated in American schools, hold American values, know only the U.S. as home and who, upon high school graduation, find the door to their future slammed shut.

April 21st, 2012

Science Building 1067

The People Speak

"The People Speak" is inspired by Howard Zinn's groundbreaking books "A People's History of the United States" and "Voices of a People's History of the United States." Using dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries and speeches of everyday Americans, the documentary feature film THE PEOPLE SPEAK gives voice to those who spoke up for social change throughout U.S. history, forging a nation from the bottom up with their insistence on equality and justice.

May 19th, 2012

Science Building 1067

Unnatural Causes

Episode 1: In Sickness and in Wealth
What are the connections between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin color? Our opening episode travels to Louisville, Kentucky, not to explore whether medical care cures us but to see why we get sick in the first place, and why patterns of health and illness reflect underlying patterns of class and racial inequities.

Episode 5: Place Matters
Why is your street address such a good predictor of your health? Latino and Southeast Asian immigrants like Gwai Boonkeut have been moving into long-neglected urban neighborhoods such as those in Richmond, California, a predominantly Black city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Segregation and lack of access to jobs, nutritious foods, and safe, affordable housing have been harmful to the health of long-time African American residents, and now the newcomers' health is suffering too.

Suggested Admission
HS Students: free
University Students: $5
Others: $10
*Cash Only at the door*

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