Films

CMA has a video library that contains films/documentaries about the diversity in our lives. CMA staff is available to facilitate discussions following film/documentary viewing.

We are located in Willard 115A on the CU-Boulder campus,
(303) 492-5667.

FALL 2009 FILMS

Film & Discussion: Beyond the Silence
Date: Tuesday September 8, 2009
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Location: CMA Lounge, Willard 118
Film Overview: “This film is a powerful story about a gifted young musician, where both parents are deaf and the challenges they face as a family”
Facilitator: Karen Boyd, Disability Services (720) 210-5827

Film & Discussion: A Litany For Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Time: 12 noon-2:00 pm
Location: CMA Lounge, Willard Hall 118
Film Overview: An epic portrait of the eloquent, award-winning Black, lesbian, poet, mother, teacher and activist, Audre Lorde, whose writings - spanning five decades - articulated some of the most important social and political visions of the century. From Lorde's childhood roots in NYC's Harlem to her battle with breast cancer, this moving film explores a life and a body of work that embodied the connections between the Civil Rights movement, the Women's movement, and the struggle for lesbian and gay rights. At the heart of this documentary is Lorde's own challenge to "envision what has not been and work with every fiber of who we are to make the reality and pursuit of that vision irresistible."
Facilitator: Steph Wilenchek, Director GLBT Resource Center, 303-492-1377

Film & Discussion: Smoke Signals
Date: Tuesday November 10, 2009
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Location: CMA Lounge, Willard 118
Film Overview: Smoke Signals gained notoriety for being the first major release to be directed by, written by, and star Native Americans. The journey the two mismatched young men take to the home of Victor's estranged father in far off Arizona brings out of the past the remarkable events that brought them together.
Facilitator: Sue Lentz, CMA, 303-492-3360

Film & Discussion: The Great Debaters
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Location: CMA Lounge, Willard 118
Film Overview: Inspired by a true story, The Great Debaters chronicles the journey of debate coach Melvin Tolson, an outspoken Wiley College professor who boldly challenged the discriminatory Jim Crow laws of the 1930s, who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from Wiley College, a small African-American college in the Deep South, into a historically elite debate team. In their pursuit for excellence, Tolson's debate team receives a groundbreaking invitation to debate Harvard University's championship team.
Facilitator: CEB Students