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Main Page Contact Francisco Duque, 912.961.3173 For Immediate Release AASU Presents 'Embodied Inequalities'(March 19, 2008) Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) will present a series of film screenings, theatrical presentations, and guided discussions to mark National Women's History Month in March and National Public Health Week in April. The series, "Embodied Inequalities," will run March 26-28 and include screenings of Iron Jawed Angels and Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick? and a performance of Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. Light refreshments will be served at each event. Wednesday, March 26 Iron Jawed Angels followed by guided discussion. 7 p.m. in the Armstrong Center Auditorium, 13040 Abercorn Street. Admission is free. Katja von Garnier's film is based on a true story about a small group of women who put their lives at risk to fight for women's right to vote in 1912. The film has startling parallels to today, as the young activists struggle with social issues such as the challenges of protesting a president during wartime and the struggle to balance family and career. June Hopkins, chair of AASU's Department of History, and Nancy White, professor of history, will lead a guided discussion after the viewing. Thursday, March 27 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf followed by guided discussion. 7:30 p.m. in the Masquers Chinese Theater, Armstrong Center. Admission is $10. Advance ticketing is highly recommended. Additional performances will be held March 28-30. This 1975 off-Broadway, award-winning play explores women's relationships with men in 20 acted out poems. The play has earned an Obie award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Audelco Award, and the Mademoiselle Award. It was nominated for the Tony, Grammy, and Emmy awards. Stephanie M. Howard, assistant professor of theatre at North Carolina Central University, Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas, AASU assistant professor of speech/communication, Kalenda Eaton, assistant professor of African American literature, Josephine Foster, assistant professor of English, and Pamela Sears, assistant professor of theater, will lead a discussion following the performance. For ticketing information, call 927.5381 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. Friday, March 28 Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? followed by guided discussion. 3 p.m. in University Hall 158. Admission is free. Unnatural Causes is a four-hour documentary exploring America's racial and socioeconomic inequities in health. The series premieres on Georgia Public Broadcasting on March 27. The partial screening at AASU will include segments from "In Sickness and In Wealth" and "When the Bough Breaks," exploring two topics--the relationship between health and wealth and African-American infant mortality rates. Mondi A. Mason, assistant professor of community health/health behavior at Georgia Southern University's Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, and Kenneth Shane Sajwan, professor of life sciences at Savannah State University, will lead a discussion following the screening. History of African American Drama Workshop 1- 4 p.m. in the Masquers Chinese Theater in the Armstrong Center. Admission is free. Stephanie Howard, assistant professor of theater at North Carolina Central University, will lead this interactive workshop that explores the history and evolution of African-American theater and drama in the United States. The presentation will include several student monologues. For further information on the "Embodied Inequalities" series, call 912.961.3173. |
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