What is a Hip-Hop Film?

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Integrated Learning Center 1500 E. University Tucson, Arizona 85721  

Are Scarface, Do the Right Thing, and Django Unchained hip-hop films? Why or why not? What is a hip-hop film? What makes a film a hip-hop film?

Join us for presentations by Honors-College students David Aragon, Jennifer Martin, Amanda Martinez, Senovia Quihuis, Alexa Rosenblum, Thomas Wicker, and Mario Ziccarelli. These student speakers are completing Honors contracts in Prof. Alain-Philippe Durand’s FREN/AFAS 373 US & Francophone Hip-Hop Cultures and in Prof. Tani Sanchez’s AFAS 371 Hip-Hop Cinema in the fall 2013.

5-6pm: Speakers’ Presentations

6-7pm: Debate with the audience

Wednesday December 4, 5-7pm, ILC 120

Free and open to the public

For information and to declare a Minor in Hip-Hop Studies or a Major in Africana Studies click HERE

Sponsored by the University of Arizona’s Africana Studies Program and Honors College

Contact Info: adurand@email.arizona.edu