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A program led by faculty guitarist Benjamin Verdery and featuring current students and alumni from the YSM guitar studio.

Tickets $25, Student and Senior Discount Tickets Available at the Box Office.

Questions?  Please contact megan.doran@yale.edu 

This is a survey of British film and leading directors from Alfred Hitchcock in the late 1930s to Mike Leigh in the present, with an emphasis on historical and social contexts. Participants are asked to view each week's films in advance however they can. The films will be on reserve at the Film Study Center, 53 Wall Street, from Monday of the previous week. Class time will be devoted to discussion of clips from them.

Syllabus

• April 2:  The Lady Vanishes; Brief Encounter
• April 9:  Odd Man Out; The Fallen Idol
• April 16:  The Third Man; The Man in the White Suit
• April 23:  I Know Where I'm Going; The Red Shoes
• April 30:  The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner; Distant Voices, Still Lives
• May 7:  Vera Drake; Happy-Go-Lucky

Film is a powerful tool for raising awareness and working for social justice. Through weekly readings and lively discussions, Yale alumni will gather to share their life experiences and stories while reflecting on how contemporary films from Latin America challenge the status quo by speaking truth to power. We aim to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the diversity of contemporary Latin American culture. The films will provide social, historical and ideological frameworks to study the changes that are taking place across Latin America while also reflecting on the U.S. role in the region. During class discussions, we will pay particular attention to questions of intersectionality or how issues of ethnicity, race, class, gender, language, religion, and sexual orientation come together. Students will become acquainted with the work of key filmmakers and will able to recognize several of the aesthetic and narrative practices in their representative films.

Save the date!

Yale Alumni of Color with a public health background are cordially invited back to campus for an evening of networking, connectivity, and open conversation on Friday, April 5, 2019 from 6 - 8:30 pm. Current Yale School of Public Health students are excited to hear your perspectives on career paths, and navigating the professional world as public health professionals of color. Your insights and participation are welcome and wanted! Through this event, we hope to strengthen connections between students and alumni of color and further the university’s efforts relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.  The event will include alumni-led speed-networking (sponsored by Careers, Life, and Yale) followed by an alumni-led panel (sponsored by YSPH) and an end-of-evening chance to mingle. Food will be provided.