Friday, October 3 – 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Global Lens Film Series – Promoting Cross-cultural Understanding through Film
As part of PIER’s Global Lens Film Series, come to see two Argentine films for free. Friday, October 3, at 212 York Street (New Haven), see “The Custodian” (Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina, 2006) at 7:00 p.m. and “Kept & Dreamless” (Vera Fogwill and Martin Desalvo, Argentina, 2005) at 9:30 p.m. This event is free of charge and open to the public. Global Lens 2008 is hosted by PIER (Programs in International Educational Resources) in collaboration with the Councils on Middle East Studies, Latin American and Iberian Studies, African Studies, European Studies, East Asian Studies, South Asian Studies, and Southeast Asian Studies at the MacMillan Center, Yale University. For trailers and more information, see www.globalfilm.org.
Sat., October 11 – 7:00 p.m.
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven
“Mujeres en Acción” Folkloric Dance Performance
This is a multimedia performance of folkloric dancing from Nicaragua performed by a five-member dance ensemble. Through dance, video, storytelling, and gourd art displays, learn the story of Women in Action, a group of forty women living in one of the poorest settlements in Managua, Nicaragua, who are working together to organize community health, nutrition, and education programs. This event is free and open to the public. Suggested donations of $10 (by check, made out to Compas) will be accepted. This event is sponsored by Compas, Yale’s Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies and PIER, and the New Haven / León Sister City Project.
Saturday, October 25 – 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Teacher Workshop – Critical Voices: Colonial Legacies
This workshop is presented by the Yale Center for British Art. It will present a model for integrating film, text, and the visual arts in the classroom. Through an interactive exploration of the book A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid, the film Life and Debt by Stephanie Black, and several works of art in the Center’s collection, participants will explore responses to colonial legacies in the Caribbean and in Great Britain. Each registrant will receive a free copy of A Small Place. The workshop will also feature a presentation by Hazel Carby, Chair of the Department of African American Studies, Yale University. The event is free and most appropriate for middle and high school teachers. Register online at ycba.yale.edu/education or call 203-432-2858 for more information. Available for .5 CEUs.
