The Nominees Are... Black Oscars from Mammy to Minny

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About This Event

Join the author of Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us About African Americans, Dr. Frederick Gooding, Jr., for a discussion of the 2020 Oscar nominees. For over ninety years, Oscar winners have been considered the standard-bearers of all things imaginable within American culture. Given the Oscars’ popularity, they reflect and reinforce the complicated legacy of African American participation in film. 

 

Department

Libraries

Category

Arts & Entertainment

Audience

Adults & Seniors
March 25, 2021
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
FREE