[Sfts-faculty] Fwd: [Englishfaculty] EVENT: SPOOKS A Black Horror Film Series 10/13-28

[andré carrington]

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From: Courtney R. Baker <courtneb at ucr.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 3, 2023, 4:39 PM
Subject: [Englishfaculty] EVENT: SPOOKS A Black Horror Film Series 10/13-28
To: GSEA English <englishgrad at lists.ucr.edu>, English Faculty (
englishfaculty at lists.ucr.edu) <englishfaculty at lists.ucr.edu>


I am delighted to share the news of an upcoming film series that I have
co-organized with John Jennings (MCS) and Nikolay Maslov (UCR Arts). Please
share!
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*SPOOKS**: A Black Horror Film Series brought to you by Scary Black
Folks *explores
the connections and legacies of Black horror film.This series reflects upon
the diversity and endurance of the Black horror genre. Each event will
feature introductions and discussions by special guest experts!

*Calendar*

Friday, October 13th, 7pm - Hell-bound Train
<https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/films/hell-bound-train/> (1930, James and Eloise
Gist) 50 min. - with Dr. Elyse Ambrose
<https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/elysea> (Religion)
Friday, October 20th, 7pm - Def by Temptation
<https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/films/def-by-temptation/> (1990, James Bond III)
95 min. - with director James Bond III
<https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093875/>
Saturday, October 21st, 5pm - Sweetheart
<https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/films/sweetheart/> (2019, J.D. Dillard) 82 min. -
with Dr. Jalondra Davis <https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/jdavi035>
 (English)
Friday, October 27th, 7pm - Candyman
<https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/films/candyman/> (2021, Nia DaCosta) 91 min. -
with Ph.D. candidate Jasmine Moore
<https://profiles.ucr.edu/jasmine.moore001> (English) and Dr. Keith Harris
<https://profiles.ucr.edu/keith.harris> (English/MCS)
Saturday, October 28th, 5pm - Nope <https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/films/nope/> (2022,
Jordan Peele) 130 min. - with Dr. Mikal Gaines
<https://www.mcphs.edu/directory/0225623> (English, MCPHS Boston)


All screenings are free and will be held at the UCR Arts Culver Center
<https://ucrarts.ucr.edu> in Riverside, CA.

Visit https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/film_categories/spooks/ for more information.

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Ideas and Society
<https://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu> and the UCR CHASS Dean’s Office
<https://chass.ucr.edu/office-of-the-dean>.


Poster by John Jennings <https://www.johnjenningsstudio.com>

<https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/film_categories/spooks/>


Dr. Courtney R. Baker (she/her)

Associate Professor | Department of English

Director of Graduate Placement | Appointment request form
<https://forms.gle/zwrqYUk6JcvqrzTH7>


University of California, Riverside

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Riverside, CA Tongvaland 92521

http://english.ucr.edu | http://courtneyrbaker.com


Author of Humane Insight: Looking at Images of African American Suffering
and Death (Illinois, 2015)
<https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/68xry7ts9780252039485.html>
Co-editor of Cultures of Resistance series at University of South Carolina
Press <https://uscpress.com/Cultures-of-Resistance>

*We at UCR would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our
responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water,
and air: the Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseño, and Serrano peoples and all of
their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this
meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world,
including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the
opportunity to live and work on these homelands.*
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