Civil Rights Documentary Cinema and the 1960s

Civil Rights Documentary Cinema and the 1960s

A British Academy conference on Civil Rights Documentary Cinema and the 1960s: Transatlantic Conversations on History, Race and Rights.

  • 25-26 May 2016, 9.30am – 5.00pm
  • The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

Speakers include:

  • John Akomfrah OBE – Smoking Dogs Films, documentary filmmaker and artist
  • Dr Reece Auguiste – University of Colorado
  • Eduardo Montes-Bradley – University of Virginia
  • Professor Clayborne Carson – Stanford University
  • Professor Jon Else – UC Berkley
    Professor Allison Graham     – University of Memphis
  • Matthew Graves – University of Mississippi
  • Professor Peter Ling – University of Nottingham
  • Judy Richardson – documentary filmmaker and civil rights activist, researcher and series associate producer for Eyes on the Prize
  • David Shulman – documentary filmmaker, US and UK
  • Professor Stephen Tuck – University of Oxford
    Professor Clive Webb     – University of Sussex

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Registration fee: For this three-day conference, a registration fee of £120 is payable in advance at the time of booking.  There is a reduced fee of £35 for the unwaged/retired and for undergraduate and postgraduate students.