September 11, 5-6:30 PM
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ANIMATING THE TORTURE LETTERS: The Scars of Being Policed While Black
Screening and discussion with anthropologist/director/author Laurence Ralph
*Screening and discussion of The Torture Letters (12:50 mins, New York Times, Op-Docs) with Director LAURENCE RALPH (Princeton University; Director, Center on Transnational Policing), author of The Torture Letters: Reckoning With Police Violence (University of Chicago Press, 2020). In conversation with Joan Morgan (Program Director, NYU Institute of African American Affairs & Center for Black Visual Culture) and David Dent (Journalism, Social & Cultural Analysis).
*Note: attendees may also view the Op-Doc, The Torture Letters (12:50 mins) at any time prior to the start of the event through this link.
“Based on more than a decade of research, this Op-Doc serves as an instant primer on the roots of police violence. Right now, somewhere in the United States, similar episodes of police violence are still playing out.This film is meant for everyone who has felt alone and violated after being subjected to police violence. It’s also for anyone who has wept over the memory of a victim or taken to the streets in protest” – Laurence Ralph, New York Times, June 30, 2020
Co-sponsors: Anthropology; Institute of African American Affairs & Center for Black VIsual Culture
Still from The Torture Letters, 2020, courtesy Laurence Ralph