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Please join us for the upcoming screening of BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez, a documentary about legendary Black Arts activist and poet Sonia Sanchez, on Thursday, March 17, at 7:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center. The film's co-director and editor, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, will be present to introduce the film and lead a post-film Q&A. The film is free and open to the public.

Schmidt Gordon has been committed to cultural and social issues documentary filmmaking for over a decade. She has worked as a producer, director, or editor on numerous award-winning documentaries and programs for public television and cable, including Mrs. Goundo's Daughter, Documented, and Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes. She also teaches documentary filmmaking at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

Schmidt Gordon will also speak with interested students, faculty, and staff members about making social justice documentaries at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. Please contact Ruth Goldman, assistant professor of communication, for more information.

"For 81-year-old Sonia Sanchez, writing is both a personal and political act. She emerged as a seminal figure in the 1960s Black Arts Movement, raising her voice in the name of black culture, civil rights, women's liberation, and peace as a poet, playwright, teacher, activist, and early champion of the spoken word.... In BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez, Sanchez's life unfolds in a documentary rich with readings and jazz-accompanied performances of her work." Directed by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon. 2015, 90 minutes (source).

This event is sponsored by the Burchfield Penney Art Center, the Faculty-Student Association, the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, and the Communication Department.