Nonstop presents, Thursday

Killer of Sheep (1977) by Charles Burnett
African-American Representation in Feature Films Series
Thursday, November 3
7:00 PM
Nonstop Institute
305 N. Walnut St., Yellow Springs
donation

This mesmerizing chronicle of a family and life in the Watts area of South Central LA in the mid-70s by Charles Burnett, a MacArthur genius awardwinner, can be found on most 100-best-films-of-all-times lists. Ntongela Masilela, film critic and Burnett's classmate at UCLA (where a series of remarkable films by young were produced in the early 70s, influenced by the new Latin American cinema) said, "it is the combination of both an acute mind and an exemplary sensibility which makes Charles Burnett one of the outstanding poets of the American cinema today" (2009). The New York Times has described Burnett as “the nation's least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director."

About the African-American Representation in Feature Films series and workshop screenings on Thursdays the fall at Nonstop: Media scholar Bob Devine will introduce screenings of a series of important and sometimes difficult-to-access narrative films dealing with African-American representation by African-American directors and by Hollywood (1964-1989). Future screenings include works by Spike Lee. For information on the entire series, go to the website: nonstopinstitute.org.

About the instructor: Bob Devine was one of the founding members of Antioch College’s critical Communications program, has been teaching courses in media and social change, film and communications theory for 40 years, and has been actively involved in the fields of community media, public access and participatory democratic media outside the academy. In 2005 Bob served as Interim Executive Director of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, and in 2008 he served an extended term as an Executive Consultant for O‘lelo Community Media in Honolulu, these organizations being the two largest community media centers in the country. At Antioch, Bob served as President of the College from 1996-2001, while continuing to teach in the field of communication and community media; most recently Bob taught courses and independent studies for Nonstop. Bob is the 1994 recipient of the Alliance for Community Media’s George Stoney Award, recognizing his national contributions to the field of community media, and the 2002 recipient of the Antioch College Alumni Association’s J.D. Dawson Award recognizing his contributions to the College. Bob is also the director of several dozen documentaries.