Wednesday, November 2
6:30pm Chi Raq
(2015, 2 hrs. 7 min.) film screening with Introduction by Kevin
Anderson
As a modern day
adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Chi-Raq is set against the backdrop of
gang violence in Chicago. The murder of a child by a stray bullet prompts a
group of women led by Lysistrata to organize against the on-going violence in
Chicago's Southside, creating a movement that challenges the nature of race,
sex and violence in America and around the world.
The Embarras Valley Film Festival celebrates its 12th
year with a focus on civil rights in Illinois. Our theme, "For All the
World to See II: Film Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights," expands
on the Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights exhibit and program in
Eastern's Booth Library: http://www.library.eiu.edu/exhibits/civilrights/.
Held annually in Charleston, Ill. since 2004, this year’s festival will be held
Nov. 2-4 on the campus of Eastern Illinois University.
Dr. Anderson (Ph.D. Missouri) teaches courses in
American government, political theory and African American
politics. Professor Anderson focuses his research on American and African
American Political Thought, seeking to understand the tensions between
individual liberty, collective good and American political values. His first
book Agitations: Ideologies and Strategies in African American Politics (University
of Arkansas Press 2010), explores this theme within African American politics.
His second book is a co-authored work, State Voting Laws in America:
Historical Statutes and Their Modern Implications (Palgrave Pivot
2015) with Professors Michael A. Smith of Emporia State University and
Chapman Rackaway of Fort Hays State University. This book explores the history
and evolving politics surrounding the right to vote in American politics.
Professor Anderson has also published book chapters on media and politics and
written a book chapter on working in the 1992 Presidential campaign.
His current long-term research project explores the consequences of
integration and incorporation in African American politics.
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