Don’t Miss the Film Festival at the American Historical Association Meeting

The American Historical Association will host its 9th Annual Film Festival this week at its meeting in New York City. The theme of this year’s festival is Protest and Resistance.  The screenings were organized by me and Alex Lichtenstein (Indiana University, Bloomington). All of the screenings will be in the New York Hilton located at 1335 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave.) between West 53rd and West 54th Streets.

The list of films and times are below (along with film trailers). More details about the conference (including the program) can be found at http://www.historians.org/annual-meeting.

Imbabazi: The Pardon (2013), dir. Joel Karekezi Date: 2 January 2015 Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Location: New York Hilton, Murray Hill Suite B Introduced by Jason M. Kelly Discussants: Veronique Doumbe Joel Karekezi

Ghosts of Amistad (2014), dir. Tony Buba Date: 3 January 2015 Time: 12:00-1:30 pm Location: New York Hilton, Rendezvous Trianon Introduced by Alex Lichtenstein Discussants: Marcus Rediker Tony Buba

The Guguleto Seven (2000), dir. Lindy Wilson Date: 3 January 2015 Time: 7:00-9:30 pm Location: New York Hilton, Rendezvous Trianon Introduced by Alex Lichtenstein Discussants: Helena Pohlandt-McCormick Hlonipha Mokoena

Gulabi Gang (2010), dir. Nishtha Jain Date: 4 January 2015 Time: 12-2pm Location: New York Hilton, Gramercy Suite B Introduced by Jason M. Kelly Discussants: Lavanya Vensani Shailaja Paik

1971 (2014), dir. Johanna Hamilton Date: 4 January 2015 Time: 5:00-7:30 pm Location: New York Hilton, Gramercy Suite B Introduced by Jason M. Kelly and Alex Lichtenstein Discussants: Johanna Hamilton Beverly Gage Betty Medsger

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