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X-WR-CALNAME:Diaspora Film Festival (Evening) Screening
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DESCRIPTION:Since 2004\, the Stone Center’s annual Diaspora Festival of B
 lack and Independent Film has been showcasing films from all corners of th
 e African diaspora including several films making their North Carolina a
 nd US premieres at the festival. Diaspora Film Festival screenings are mar
 ked by lively post-screening Q&A\, in-depth commentary\, critique\, and co
 ntextualization with filmmakers\, scholars and attendees.\n\n \n\nOver the
  years\, the festival has forged lasting partnerships and collaboration wi
 th various campus and community co-sponsors. These include the African Stu
 dies Center\, the African\, African-American and Diaspora Studies Departme
 nt (AAADS)\, the Women and Gender Studies Department\, The History Departm
 ent\, the Center for the Study of the American South (CSAS)\, the Alliance
  (Carolina Latinx\, American Indian\, and Asian-American Centers)\, Ngozi 
 Design Collective\, the Hayti Heritage Center\, the Rogers-Eubanks Communi
 ty Center\, Palace International and Providence 1898\, among others.\n\n \
 n\nThe 2025 edition of Diaspora Film Festival will feature about two dozen
  films of all genres selected from more than a hundred submissions from ar
 ound the world. A special screening on November 20th\, in collaboration wi
 th the American Indian Center\, features LUMBEELAND\, a short film explori
 ng drug culture’s impact on a Native American community.\n\n \n\nScreeni
 ngs on THURSDAY\, OCTOBER 9 | 6:30PM are as follows:\nMERCY\nDir: Philip S
 zporer | Short | Canada (2025) | 15 MIN\nThis poetic short film voices iss
 ues of race\, place\, and identity\, and dives into the double-voiced disc
 ourses of a particular Black literary tradition concerning the complicatio
 n of the slave learning their captor’s language.\n\nFROM RODEO TO POLO: 
 THE FIRST HBCU POLO TEAM\nDir: Kendi King | Documentary | USA | 9 MIN\nThe
  first Black collegiate polo team at Morehouse College chases national USP
 A certification\, training a rag-tag team of charismatic cowboys into pion
 eering polo stars.\n\n“RUNAWAY”\nDir: Donya A.R Conley | Short | USA |
  10 MIN\nMs. Edna spends the night in the police station based on the assu
 mption of her daughter’s disappearance. She begins to plead with the Off
 icer who gives her a hard time regarding the justification for her daughte
 r’s missing.\n\nFOOD FOR THE SOUL\nDir: Chisom Chieke | Short | USA | 17
  MIN\nAs cultures clash and insufferable parents meddle\, a first generati
 on Nigerian American and her Black American boyfriend must decide between 
 being true to themselves or trying to live up to their families’ expecta
 tions…a risk to their happily ever after.\n\nHARLEM TO HARVARD (Featured
  image above)\nDir: Zuzelin Martin | Short | USA | 14 MIN\nAn inspirationa
 l short documentary about a teacher\, Edouard E. Plummer\, who helped over
  600 students from Harlem attend the most elite boarding schools in the co
 untry creating countless ripples of generational impact.\n\n \n\nAll scree
 nings are free and open to the public. Unless otherwise stated\, all scr
 eenings will take place on site in the Stone Center’s Hitchcock Multip
 urpose Room (150 South Rd\, Chapel Hill\, Room 111). \n\n \n\nRSVP now: 
 https://heellife.unc.edu/event/11602431
GEO:35.907852;-79.050272
LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi
 story\, Hitchcock Room
SUMMARY:Diaspora Film Festival (Evening) Screening
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/diaspora-film-festival-evening
 -screening
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