SCREENINGS
“Essential viewing for anyone interested in political struggle and international solidarity"
—Prof. Frank Wilderson, American Book Award Winner
“The audience was brought to tears”
—Prof. Victoria Langland, University of California, Davis
“A rarely seen perspective on US-Cuban relations"
—Prof. Jennifer Hosek,
Queen's University
Download this press kit to promote your screening of Beautiful Me(s)
Vassar College, Teachers, Teaching and the Movies Conference
April 2010 Featuring Q&A with Director
San Francisco State University, Ethnic Studies 40 Years Later Conference
October 2009 Featuring Q&A with Director
Yale University, Afro-American Cultural Center 40th Anniversary, New Haven
October 2009 Featuring Q&A with Director
Stanford University, Bechtel International Center, Palo Alto
May 2009 Featuring Q&A with Director
Cuban Conference: The Measure of a Revolution, Queen's University Kingston Ontario
May 2009
University of California, Berkeley, Black Visual Culture Speakers Series
April 2009
Pan-African International Film Festival, Cannes
April 2009 Featuring Q&A with Director
University of Southern California, Crossing Borders Ethnic Studies Conference, Los Angeles
March 2009 Featuring Introductory Remarks and Q&A with Director
Africa World Documentary Film Festival, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis
February 2009
Community Folk Art Center, 805 East Genesee Street, Syracuse
February 2009
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara
February 2009
Macalester College, "Casting our Future" Film Series, St. Paul
February 2009
The New School, Alvin Johnson/JM Kaplan Hall, New York
December 2008
Roxbury Film Festival, Boston
August 2008
Independent Features Film Festival, Internet Competition
June 2008
Austin Women’s Film, Music and Literary Festival, Texas
May 2008
Hemispheric Institute of the Americas, University of California, Davis, Spring ’08 Film Series
May 2008
Riverside International Film Festival, California
April 2008
Host a Screening
While we are working on producing a DVD and digital download of this 45 minute documentary, the director, Robin J. Hayes, PhD, is available to screen the film at your campus, school or community organization as part of a larger presentation about how and why the film was made. These presentations can be between 1 and 1 ½ hours, depending on your organization’s needs. We will help promote your screening by posting it on our website and announcing it to our email list. For more information about bringing Beautiful Me(s) to your community, please contact:
Prof. Robin J. Hayes
Ethnic Studies Program
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
progressivepupil@beautifulmes.com
Press
Santa Clara Magazine, Summer 2009
"Film Documents Different View of Black Life in Cuba,"
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, January 29, 2009
VidaAfroLatina.com, December 2008
Miguel Miguel Show, RUMBA 1200am, Boston, August 3, 2008
Arts Magazine, WBAI 99.5FM, New York June 3, 2008
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