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[ Tuesday, March 24, 1992 ]

Innervisions series documents issues

Collegian Arts Writer

If you can blush -- get Blood in the Face -- you could qualify for membership in the Ku Klux Klan or another white supremacy group, the topic of one of the documentaries in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center's film and discussion series, Innervisions.

The series, featuring a weekly 90-minute session, began March 17 and runs through April 28.

The films represent social issues "relevant to the way we live and to world," said center Director Lawrence Young.

Some of the films deal with problems of African Americans, such as Just Black, about the children of interracial marriages. But they cover a broad range of other issues as well, including Black Sugar, about the Haitian refugees, and Who Killed Vincent Chin? a story about Japan bashing, which Young likens to gay and black bashing.

Innervisions is a supplement to the classroom, focusing on issues that don't receive enough attention in the classroom and in the media, Young said.

"To the degree that students don't understand the vital issues is to the degree that the problems persist," Young said.

Most of the programs will be at 7 Tuesday nights, but this week's film, Through the Wire, depicting the treatment of women prisoners of conscience, will be shown Wednesday.

The series is free, and light refreshments are served.

 

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