Wednesday, February 28, 2018
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)
Maxwell Library, Heritage Room
Event Type
Film/Movie
Department
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Link
https://ems.bridgew.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=29429
In celebration of Black
History Month, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program presents
screenings of Black in Latin America,
with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Episode 4 - Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the
Closet will be shown Wednesday, Feb 28, from 3:30-5 p.m., in the
Maxwell Library Heritage Room.
In this series, Harvard
scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores how Africa and Europe came together to
create the rich culture of Latin America and the Caribbean. The six nations
featured in this four-part series are Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba,
Brazil, Mexico and Peru. During his journey through the area, Gates discovers
vivid stories and people marked by African roots.
Screenings of Black in Latin America are open to the
BSU community and the public.