Film Screeing and Panel Discussion, "Dear White People"
If you read the “Keene is Reading” book, Americanah, you will want to see this film!
2014, USA, Directed by Justin Simien, Rated R, 108 minutes, Blu-Ray.
The unexpected election of activist Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) as head of a traditionally black residence hall sets up a college campus culture war that challenges conventional notion of what it means to be black.
While Sam leverages her notoriety as host of the provocative and polarizing radio show Dear White People to try to prevent the college from diversifying Armstrong Parker House, outgoing head-of-house Troy Fairbanks (Brandon P. Bell), son of the university's dean (Dennis Haysbert), defies his father's lofty expectations by applying to join the staff of Pastiche, the college's influential humor magazine.
Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams), an Afro-sporting sci-fi geek, is recruited by the otherwise all-white student newspaper to go undercover and write about black culture—a subject he knows little about. But no one at Winchester University is prepared for Pastiche's outrageous, ill-conceived annual Halloween party, with its "unleash your inner Negro" theme throwing oil on an already smoldering fire of resentment and misunderstanding.
When the party descends into riotous mayhem, everyone must choose a side. © Roadside Attractions
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