NIGGER
October 7, 2009 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
“people dissect and debate what is arguably the most loaded word in our history”
Thea St.Omer will host a screening of her documentary film, Nigger at ArtRage. Compiled from over a hundred interviews Nigger screened as a work-in-progress at New York University and at Syracuse University last spring. This premiere screening of the final release print (59 minutes) is Free and Open to the Public. Off-street parking available at 408 and 414 Lodi Street.
To read a review of this film by Nancy Keefe Rhodes published in the City Eagle; use the link below:
http://www.cnylink.com/cnyarts/view_news.php?news_id=1254167385
Other Reviews:
“I thought [Nigger] was challenging and well-handled and especially in today’s sociopolitical comment, a film worth viewing. I think it will make audiences uncomfortable and I think it should, because it goes to a place, in a very even-handed way, to somewhere polite society avoids.” – anonymous, cleveland international film festival.
“What’s in a word? Everything. Lest anyone think race need not be discussed and unpacked, see St.Omer’s documentary, Nigger. St.Omer’s artistry shines light on every corner of a forbidden word. This film won’t let you stop talking about it. It entertains and provokes thoughtfulness. It casts a lens of remarkable people on art, history, culture and popular culture, politics, identity, ontology, and life. Nigger is beautiful.” – douglas biklen, dean of the school of education, syracuse university.
“… a kind of naked, raw human expression.” – halcyon sealey-westmass
“Ultra organic! The epitome of what postmodernity is all about.” – herbert ruffin
co-producers stephenson laurent and ann-marie st.claire; post coordinator jason kohlbrenner, sound editor douglas quin, colorist gavin whalen