A team of UIC faculty and librarians are seeking students interested in exploring themes of the Black experience in the United State as represented in film (fiction or documentary) to complement the exhibition "Visualizing Uncle Tom's Cabin: Pictorial Interpretations of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Novel," on display in the Richard J. Daley Library, Special Collections and University Archives Department.
The goals of the activity portion of the project are as follows. A more in-depth capstone project could easily be designed around placing these results in a scholarly context.
-An annotated bibliography on area of research to include Black cinema history
-Identification of 1 to 2 films to screen during spring semester
-Identify speakers to moderate an educational discussion of the film(s)
-With the help of advisory faculty, secure a screening location, and promote the event to the campus
Please contact Dr. Nancy Cirillo immediately if you are interested. Email Dr. Cirillo at nancyc@uic.edu
