Social Justice & Arts Integration Initiative: “Hale County This Morning, This Evening”

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts - Zellerbach Theatre 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

On behalf of Penn SP2 and Slought, faculty, students, and staff are invited to the inaugural event of No Mud, No Lotus, a fourteen-week retrospective of the work of Louverture Films. The event will be held on Monday, November 12th from 6:30-9:30pm at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts’ Zellerbach Theatre. A special screening […]

Film Screening: White Sun

Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

Join us for a special screening of White Sun (2016), a film directed by Deepak Rauniyar that explores the damage done to Nepalese society by the decade-long civil war between Maoists and Nepal's monarchical government. The screening will take place on Friday, December 7, 2018 from 6-9pm at Slought. It will be followed by a conversation with […]

Film Screening: Strong Island

Barnes Foundation 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA

Join us for a special screening of Strong Island (2018), a film directed by Yance Ford that examines the violent death of the filmmaker's brother 25 years ago, and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free. The screening will take place on Thursday, December 13, 2018 from 6-9pm at the Barnes Foundation. It will […]

Film Screening: The Narrow Frame of Midnight

Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

Join us for a special screening of Itar El-Layl / The Narrow Frame of Midnight (2014), a narrative film directed by Tala Hadid about the intersecting destinies of three people on a journey from Morocco to Istanbul, across the plains of Kurdistan, and beyond. The screening will take place on Friday, December 14, 2018 from 6-9pm at […]

Special Screening of “Concerning Violence: Nine Scenes from the Anti-Imperialist Self-Defense”

Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

Join the Penn SP2 Social Justice & Arts Integration Initiative for a special screening of Concerning Violence: Nine Scenes from the Anti-Imperialist Self-Defense (2014), a film directed by Göran Hugo Olsson featuring newly discovered archive material about the struggle for liberation from colonial rule in the '60s and '70s. The screening will take place on Friday, March 29, […]