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DESCRIPTION:\n	With William Jelani Cobb\, Mia Mask\, and Greg Tate in perso
 n.&nbsp\; Discussion moderated by Warrington Hudlin. \n\n\n	Part of the se
 ries Changing the Picture\, sponsored by Time Warner Inc.&nbsp\; \n\n\n	Do
  ​media depictions of African Americans influence the way they are treated
  by the police\, the criminal justice system\, and by society at large? In
  the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in St
 aten Island\, protests have once again raised questions about the criminal
 ization of the black image on screen. This program will bring together a g
 roup of leading African-American cultural commentators to look at the hist
 ory of how African Americans are represented in film and television\, begi
 nning with D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation. &nbsp\;&nbsp\; \n\n\n	Pa
 nelists include: &nbsp\;&nbsp\; \n\n\n	William Jelani Cobb\, author of The
  Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress\, is the dire
 ctor of the Africana Studies Institute\, University of Connecticut\, and a
  frequent contributor to The New Yorker and commentator for National Publi
 c Radio. &nbsp\;&nbsp\; \n\n\n	Mia Mask\, film professor at Vassar College
 \, is the co-editor of the recent books Poitier Revisited: Reconsidering a
  Black Icon in the Obama Age\, and Black American Cinema Reconsidered. She
  is the author of Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film. &nbsp\;&n
 bsp\; \n\n\n	Greg Tate is a writer\, musician\, and producer whose writing
  has focused on African-American music and culture. He was a long-time sta
 ff writer for The Village Voice and his books include Flyboy in the Butter
 milk: Essays on Contemporary America and Everything but the Burden. \n\n\n
 	Warrington Hudlin is a veteran producer of motion pictures\, television\,
  and online media. Best known as the producer of the landmark African Amer
 ican films&nbsp\;House Party\, Boomerang\, and Bebe's Kids. As the foundin
 g president of the Black Filmmaker Foundation\, Hudlin has been a pioneeri
 ng community organizer in the black film movement for over three decades. 
 He is the Vice Chairman of the board of trustees of the Museum of the Movi
 ng Image where he organizes the Fist and Sword martial arts film series an
 d film symposiums.\n	\n\n\n	Tickets: &nbsp\;$12 ($9 for senior citizens an
 d students / free for members at the Film Lover level and above). &nbsp\;O
 rder tickets online. \n\n\n	View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. For m
 ore information on membership and to join online\, visit our membership pa
 ge. \n	\n
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LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image
SUMMARY:Endangered by the Moving Image:  The Criminalization of Black and B
 rown Bodies
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