<div dir="auto"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Courtney R. Baker</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:courtneb@ucr.edu">courtneb@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 3, 2023, 4:39 PM<br>Subject: [Englishfaculty] EVENT: SPOOKS A Black Horror Film Series 10/13-28<br>To: GSEA English <<a href="mailto:englishgrad@lists.ucr.edu">englishgrad@lists.ucr.edu</a>>, English Faculty (<a href="mailto:englishfaculty@lists.ucr.edu">englishfaculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:englishfaculty@lists.ucr.edu">englishfaculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px">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!</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px">__________________</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px"><br></div>













<div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SPOOKS</span></i></b></span><b style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: A Black Horror Film Series brought to you by
Scary Black Folks </span></i></b><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px">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! </span></font></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin:0px">















<p style="margin:0in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px"><u>Calendar</u></span></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px">Friday, October 13th, 7pm - <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/films/hell-bound-train/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Hell-bound Train</a> (1930, James and Eloise Gist) 50 min. - with <a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/elysea" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Dr. Elyse Ambrose</a> (Religion)<br>
Friday, October 20th, 7pm - <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/films/def-by-temptation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Def by Temptation</a> (1990, James Bond III) 95 min. - with director <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093875/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">James Bond III</a><br>
Saturday, October 21st, 5pm - <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/films/sweetheart/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sweetheart</a> (2019, J.D. Dillard) 82 min. - with <a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/jdavi035" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Dr. Jalondra Davis</a> (English)<br>
Friday, October 27th, 7pm - <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/films/candyman/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Candyman</a> (2021, Nia DaCosta) 91 min. - with <a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/jasmine.moore001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Ph.D. candidate Jasmine Moore</a> (English) and <a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/keith.harris" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Dr. Keith Harris</a> (English/MCS)<br>
Saturday, October 28th, 5pm - <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/films/nope/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Nope</a> (2022, Jordan Peele) 130 min. - with <a href="https://www.mcphs.edu/directory/0225623" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Dr. Mikal Gaines</a> (English, MCPHS Boston)</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px">All screenings are free and will be held at the <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">UCR Arts Culver Center</a> in Riverside, CA. </span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px">Visit <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/film_categories/spooks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/film_categories/spooks/</a> for more information. </span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px">This event is co-sponsored by the <a href="https://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Center for Ideas and Society</a> and the <a href="https://chass.ucr.edu/office-of-the-dean" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">UCR CHASS Dean’s Office</a>.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px">Poster by <a href="https://www.johnjenningsstudio.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">John Jennings</a></span></font></p></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px"><br></div><a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/film_categories/spooks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="cid:7BE994E3-700E-4E1D-B604-1A3DA67E3061" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none"></a><br><div class="gmail_signature"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(59,56,56)"><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(59,56,56)">Dr. Courtney R. Ba</span><span style="color:rgb(59,56,56)">ker (</span></span></font><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">she/her)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color:rgb(59,56,56)">Associate Professor </span><span style="color:rgb(59,56,56)">| </span><span style="color:rgb(59,56,56)">Department of English</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;color:rgb(59,56,56)"><font face="Times New Roman">Director of Graduate Placement | </font></span><a href="https://forms.gle/zwrqYUk6JcvqrzTH7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><font face="Times New Roman">Appointment request form</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(59,56,56)"><font face="Times New Roman"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ae910c">University of California, Riverside</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(59,56,56);font-size:12px"><font face="Times New Roman">College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(59,56,56);font-size:12px"><font face="Times New Roman">Riverside, CA Tongvaland 92521</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#1b7cc1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12px"><a href="http://english.ucr.edu/" style="word-break:break-word" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://english.ucr.edu</a> | <span style="word-break:break-word"><a href="http://courtneyrbaker.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://courtneyrbaker.com</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></p><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12px">Author of <a href="https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/68xry7ts9780252039485.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Humane Insight: Looking at Images of African American Suffering and Death (Illinois, 2015)</a></span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12px">Co-editor of </span></font><a href="https://uscpress.com/Cultures-of-Resistance" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12px">Cultures of Resistance series at University of South Carolina Press</span></font></a></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial"><font face="Times New Roman"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial"><span style="line-height:inherit;color:rgb(69,90,100)"><span style="color:black;font-size:11px"><font face="Times New Roman"><i>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.</i></font></span></span></div></div></div>
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