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Anora: Film Screening and Discussion

The screening will be followed by a post-film discussion that discusses the central themes of identity, power, autonomy, and self-worth.

Have thoughts on the film? Offer your perspective and take on the nuanced portrayal of class dynamics, emotional resilience, and societal perceptions of sex work. Anora raises compelling questions about self-perception, healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics, and power imbalances in relationships that we hope to investigate and analyze together!

The Burials of André Cailloux: a Civil War Antigone

The Burials of André Cailloux: a Civil War Antigone is a new play with music by Professor Emeritus Alan Freeman. Two sisters from New Orleans learn that their father's corpse has been abandoned on the battlefield after he led the first charge against the Confederate Army at Port Hudson. They are Black. The General who left him there is white. In reclaiming their late father's dignity, the sisters encounter the complex contradictions of Northern values. Inspired by the true story of Native Guard commander and hero Captain André Cailloux.