"My Father's Name" film screening

Henry Louis Gates Jr. has called this film "a gripping and essential exploration of race, accountability, and the far-reaching consequences of family secrets."

Director Susanna Styron set out to tell the story of Jan Frazier who, years after her father's death, learned of his participation in a lynching. Her subsequent journey of uncovering the truth about what happened set her on a course of reckoning with deeply conflicted feelings about the father she loved, of grappling with how to hold her family accountable, and of facing the dawning awareness of her own unconscious racism.

Critically relevant to our current day, this story opens a door of inquiry into the underlying known and unknown stories that drive us. A Peace of My Mind works at the horizon line of story as a living language and asks "What stories do we live by?" and "How do we relate with those stories if they're harmful?".

This promises to be a thought-provoking evening as we weave together the personal, politicl, cultural, mythic, spiritual, and artisitic dynamics of story.

Snacks will be provided!

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