PSCI 16 - Aikido, Gandhi, and King is pleased to present "Selma". Paresky 201, 7pm. With comments from local MLK scholar Stewart Burns, author of "To the Mountaintop: Martin Luther King's Mission and its Meaning for America"

Come listen to a panel present various reasons to believe in a Creator and what that Creator might be like, featuring students from Muslim, Christian, and Jewish perspectives.

Please join us for a discussion about the 2020 Presidential election.

This year's French Film Festival begins with L'homme sur les quais / The Man by the Shore. Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, who later went on to become the nation's Minister of Culture, directed this drama that examines the violence and instability of his country's darkest days, the 60s. The story follows an 8-year old girl, whose parents had to flee from the … Continue reading "French Film Festival 2019 / Transitions: Coming of Age in French and Francophone Adolescent Film"

The French Film Festival 2019 continues tonight with one short film, Maman(s) / Mothers(s) followed by Tomboy. Maïmouna Doucouré, a French writer and filmmaker, reveals the complex nature of polygamy in Maman(s)/ Mother(s). Eight year old Aida lives in an apartment in the Parisian suburb. The daily life of Aida and the whole family is overwhelmed when her father comes … Continue reading "French Film Festival 2019/ Transitions: Coming of Age in French and Francophone Adolescent Film"

Dr. Teddy Pozo develops new terms for queer videogame studies drawn from haptic game design aesthetics including consent, cuteness, and radical softness through close readings of several contemporary queer indie games.

This year's French Film Festival concludes with Polina, danser sa vie / Polina. Adapted from Bastien Vivès’s graphic novel, filmmaker Valérie Müller and choreographer Angelin Preljocaj (her husband), depict the life of a dancer in a straightforward and sometimes a documentary-style approach. Rigorously trained from an early age by a perfectionist instructor, Polina is a promising classical ballet dancer. She is … Continue reading "French Film Festival 2019 / Transitions: Coming of Age in French and Francophone Adolescent Film"