Worcester, Mass. - Clark University will present the a screening and discussion of the documentary "Race is the Place" at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 12, in Razzo Hall, Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street.
This is a video performance documentary with a bold, lyrical, and often poetic montage of performances by established artists and up-and-coming talent from minority communities who use words –spoken, sung, or chanted—to get their message across. Each explores racism and its continued survival in this country, and each finds a new and innovative way to engage audiences and challenge them to think beyond our traditional concepts. Artists include Piri Thomas, Amiri Baraka, Mayda Del Valle, Michael Franti, Faith Ringgold, Michael Ray Charles, Culture Clash, Beau Sia, and Andy Bumatai.
This free, public event is part of Clark's Difficult Dialogues Program, funded by a major Ford Foundation grant and aimed at creating a culture of dialogue on campus.
For more information about the Difficult Dialogues Program, cosponsored by the Higgins School of Humanities and the International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE) Department at Clark, visit: Difficult_Dialogues. For more information about this event, call 508-793-7479.