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"The Unafraid" Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 9:00am to 12:00pm

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Free screening of the documentary The Unafraid followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker Anayansi Prado, Dr. Stevie Ruiz, and CSUN students.

Wednesday, November 6 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, Jack and Florence Ferman Presentation Room, Oviatt Library  Read more

A Talk by Heidy Bacá (Maya-Ixil) on Memory in Guatemala and Creating Community Cinema

Monday, October 28, 2019 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm

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Heidy Bacá (Maya-Ixil) is from Nebaj, Guatemala. As a member of the independent film collective Cine en la Calle/Street Cinema (CCC), Bacá has also organized several film festivals of the same name since 2013. She has produced short documentaries focused on recovering the testimonies of survivors of the genocide. Heidy Bacá’s most recent production, alongside director Jayro Bustamante, is the feature film La Llorona (2019).

At CSUN, Bacá’s talk will address the role film and documentary productions play for Maya communities in the construction of a historical memory on the genocide.

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Against Forgetting: Feminist Art, Activism, and Comfort Women

Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 11:00am to 7:00pm

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Please join Civil Discourse and Social Change on Thursday, October 10th for an all-day conference, “Against Forgetting: Feminist Art, Activism, and the Comfort Women.” The conference will be held in Manzanita Hall 240 (the Aronstam Library) between 11:00AM-7:00PM.  See attached PDF or JPEF flyer, which includes a full schedule of events and a list of conference participants.

RSVP for the conference at the following Google form link: https://forms.gle/cpt86uqBvQwJpqkP9

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact Jinah Kim <jinah.kim@csun.edu>,  Junliang Huang <junliang.huang@csun.edu>, or Clement Lai <clement.lai@csun.edu>. Read more

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