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PAST EVENTS
Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 7pm at Hunt Library Auditorium on NC State Campus Screening followed by a panel discussion about the film. Panelists: Shirlette Ammons, a poet and musician based in Durham, Kwesi Craig C. Brookins, Associate Professor of Psychology and Africana Studies at NC State University, and Walt Wolfram, Professor of English Linguistics at NC State University
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 4:30pm at Purdue University Presentation by Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 7pm in Witherspoon 126 (Washington Sankofa Room) on NC State Campus Screening and panel discussion about the ways language discrimination interacts with other forms of discrimination in the American justice system (NC State’s final Common Reading event of the year). Panelists: Vernetta Alston, Attorney at the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Jim Coleman, Professor of the Practice of Law at Duke University, and Walt Wolfram, Professor of English Linguistics at NC State University
Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 2pm at the University of Missouri at St. Louis Presentation by Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Monday, April 10, 2017 at 7pm at the UC Theater at Western Carolina University Screening followed by Q+A with film producers Walt Wolfram and Danica Cullinan
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 9am at WG Enloe High School in Raleigh, NC Screening followed by Q+A with film producers Walt Wolfram and Danica Cullinan
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 5:30pm at COSI’s Galaxy Theater in Columbus, OH Screening followed by conversation with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram from NCSU, Associate Professor of Speech and Hearing Science Monique Mills from OSU, and Professor of Literary Studies Elaine Richardson from OSU
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 10am – Raleigh, NC Emerging Scholars Academy at NC State, Park Shops Room 210. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Monday, July 17, 2017 – Lexington, KY Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 12pm – Raleigh, NC Caldwell Lounge at North Carolina State University. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 5 pm – College Park, MD The Language Science Center at the University of Maryland. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, September 14, 2017 7pm – Durham, NC
The School of Education Auditorium at North Carolina Central University. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Friday, September 15, 2017 – Nantucket, MA
The Nantucket Project
Screening and presentation by Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Friday, September 22, 2017 3pm – Washington D.C.
The ICC Auditorium at Georgetown University. Screening followed by Q+A with Linguist Minnie Quartey Annan, Professor Dennis Williams, and Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 6pm – Fayetteville, NC
The Bronco Theater in Rudolph Jones Student Center at Fayetteville State University. Screening followed by Q+A with film producer Danica Cullinan
Thursday, September 28, 2017 6:30 pm – New York, NY
Cantor Film Center (Theater 102) at New York University. Screening followed by talkback and Q+A with Linguists Dr. Renee Blake, Dr. Jamila Lyiscott, and Dr. Cecelia Cutler
Friday, September 29, 2017 2:30 pm – Columbia, SC
The Russell House Theater at the University of South Carolina. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram and Associate Producer Tracey Weldon
Saturday, October 7, 2017 3:30pm – Athens, GA
Linguistic Conference of the University of Georgia (LCUGA4). Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, October 19, 2017 – Denton, TX
University of North Texas. Screening followed by Q+A with Assistant Professor Jemima Young, Associate Producer Patricia Cukor-Avila and Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Friday, October 20, 2017 – Dallas, TX
International Institute of Linguistics. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, October 26, 2017 – Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan. Screening followed by Q+A with rapper Quest MCODY (@questmcody) and Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:30 pm – Orangeburg, SC
Claflin University. Screened as part of the Claflin University Department of Social science’s Social Justice Series, followed by discussion / q&a with associate producer Tracey Weldon
Friday, November 3, 2017 5 pm – Lynchburg, VA
Lynchburg College. Screened as part of the Race, Poverty, and Social Justice Conference, followed by discussion and q&a with linguist Lisa Pierce as others.
Saturday, November 4, 2017 – Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin at Madison. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Sunday, November 5, 2017 3pm – Atlanta, GA
The Baton Foundation in collaboration with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History. Screening followed by Q+A with Poet and Musician Derrick ABYSS Graham (teamabysslive.com), DJ and Record Producer DJ Nabs (djnabs.com), and Associate Producer and Linguist Tracey Weldon.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 5 pm – Los Angeles, CA
California State University
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, November 9, 7:45 pm – Los Angeles, CA
LA Convention Center with the American Speech Language Hearing Association
Screening (open to conference attendees) followed by Q+A with Language and Literacy Expert Noma LeMoine, Speech Pathologist Sandra Jackson, and Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, November 9, 2017 7:30 pm – Raleigh, NC
Caldwell Lounge at North Carolina State University
Screening followed by Q+A with linguist KellyNoel Waldorf
Thursday, January 4, 2018 7:30pm – Salt Lake City, UT
Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting
Screening followed by panel discussion and Q+A
Thursday, January 11, 2018 6pm – Raleigh, NC
NC State University, Caldwell Hall Lounge
Screening as a part of Winter Welcome Week at NCSU, followed by Q+A and discussion with Language and Life Project linguist KellyNoel Waldorf
Thursday, February 1, 2018 3:30 pm – Columbia, SC
Columbia College, Johnny Cordell Breed Leadership Building (Room 103)
Screening followed by a panel discussion with Associate Producer Dr. Tracey Weldon, Dr. Jessica Berry and Dawn Richardson
Friday, February 2, 2018 3-5 pm – Carbondale, IL
Southern Illinois University
Screening followed by Q+A and discussion
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 – Columbia, MO
University of Missouri
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 – Amherst, MA
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Integrative Learning Center N151
Screening followed by Q+A with Associate Producer Lisa Green, Anna Branch, Nick McBride
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 12-2 pm & 6-8pm – Irvine, CA
Irvine Valley College, World Languages
12-2 pm: B248
6-8 pm: LA 101
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 6:30-8:30 pm – College Park, PA
Penn State University, 100 Thomas Building Auditorium
Screening followed by Q+A with Penn State Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Timeka Tounsel, PhD, and Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 – Columbia, MO
University of Missouri
Screening followed by Q+A and discussion hosted by Matt Gordon
Monday, February 12, 2018 10:30-11:30 am – Cary, NC
Cary Academy Assembly. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Talking Black in America Vignettes
Presentation and Q & A with Walt Wolfram, student representatives
Monday, February 12, 2018 5pm – Palo Alto, CA
Oak Lounge West, Tressider Union
Stanford University, Black History Month Celebration
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram and Associate Producer John Rickford
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 4pm – San Antonio, TX
University of Texas at San Antonio, Black History Month Celebration
Screening followed by Q+A with Associate Producer Sonja Lanehart
Thursday, February 15, 2018 – Claremont, CA
Pomona College
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram and Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science Nicole Holliday
Friday, February 16, 2018 2-4 pm – San Diego, CA
San Diego State University, Storm Hall West 011
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 – New York City
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12-2 pm – Washington, DC
1111 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20526 (Shriver AB)
Screening for Peace Corps Language Week. Followed by Q+A and discussion with Minnie Quartey
Thursday, February 22, 2018 – Portland, OR
Reed College
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, February 22, 2018 4-5:45 pm – Bloomfield, NJ
Bloomfield College, Center for Technology & Creativity Black Box Studio
(entrance is through the library)
Screening followed by Q+A with Associate Producer Dr. Renée Blake
(NYU Linguistics and Social & Cultural Analysis)
Thursday, February 22, 2018 6:30-8:30 pm – Honolulu, HI
The Popolo Project
The Arts at Mark’s Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Avenue Honolulu, HI
Screening followed by Q+A and discussion with linguist Dr. Akiemi Glenn, artist Joy Enomoto, and community members
Friday, February 23, 2018 – Eugene, OR
University of Oregon
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Monday, February 26, 2018 3:30-5:30 pm – Manhattan, KS
Kansas State University, McVay Family Town Hall, Leadership Studies Building
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram, Tosha Sampson-Choma (Assistant Professor of English), Chelsea Osademe (Graduate student of English), Charlesia McKinney (Graduate student in Rhetoric and Composition)
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 4-6 pm – Lawrence, KS
Kansas University
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 6:30-8:30pm – Washington, DC
Wells Fargo Black African American Connection Screening
Location forthcoming. Followed by Q+A and discussion with Minnie Quartey
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 6-8pm – East Lansing, MI
B-310 Wells Hall, Michigan State University
Presented in honor of Black History Month. Followed by Q+A and discussion.
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 5-7 pm – Raleigh, NC
North Carolina Speech and Hearing Association, North Raleigh Hilton, Midtown
Screening followed by Q+A with executive producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, March 22, 2018 2-4pm – Orangeburg, SC
South Carolina State University, IP Stanback Museum
Screening followed by Q+A with Associate Producer Tracey Weldon
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 9:00am – Raleigh, NC
Enloe High School
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram and Producer Danica Cullinan
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 7pm – Garland, TX
First Presbyterian Church, 930 West Avenue B at 9th Street
Screening held in conjunction with the Garland Chapter of the Alliance of Black School Educators. Followed by Q+A with UNT Dallas Lecturer of Teacher Education and Administration Yolanda Graham, UNT Dallas Linguistics Professor Katie Welch, and Statia Paschel, Officer in the Garland Area Alliance of Black School Educators
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 4:30pm-6:30pm – West Chester, PA
Sykes Theater, West Chester University
Screening followed by a panel discussion led by Michael Burns, Cherise Pollard, and Joshua Raclaw
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 – Morgantown, WV
West Virginia University
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 4:30-6 pm – Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University, Rashid Auditorium GHC 4401 Carnegie Mellon University
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, April 12, 2018 6:30-8:30 pm – State College, PA
Penn State University Park campus, Foster Auditorium
Screening followed by a Q+A facilitated by Dr. Timeka Tounsel, Penn State Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, African American Studies; and Dr. Hiram Smith, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Bucknell University
Thursday, April 12, 2018 – Louisville, KY
University of Louisville
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, April 19, 2018 – Blacksburg, VA
South Eastern Conference on Linguistics, Lyric Theatre
Screening followed by Q+A and discussion
Friday, April 27, 2018 – College Station, TX
Texas A&M. 2pm Screening in Rudder Tower 301 followed by Q+A with Associate Producer Tracey Weldon
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 – Chicago, IL
4:30pm screening at the Richard J Daley Library, Room I-470
Friday, May 18, 2018 – St. Peter, Minnesota
7pm at Gustavus Adolphus College. Screening followed by panel discussion with Bukata Hayes, Executive Director of the Greater Mankato Diversity Council; Tiffnie Jackson, Director of Racial Justice at the Mankato YWCA; Abdi Sabrie, Education and Community Activist and Brian Lozenski, Professor of Urban and Multicultural Education at Macalester College
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 – Oxford, UK
Presented by the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.
The screening followed by a panel discussion with:
Dr Heath Rose, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Oxford.
Shivonne Gates, Doctoral Researcher, Department of Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London and Executive Producer Dr Walt Wolfram, Distinguished University Professor, Department of English, North Carolina State University. (via pre-recorded address).
Friday, June 20, 2018 – Baltimore, MD
Friday, June 29, 2018 – New York City
1pm at Long Island University Brooklyn, Room HS107, 1, University Plaza, Brooklyn NY 11201. Screening followed by Q+A with Dr. Renée Blake.
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 6pm – Milwaukee, WI
Marquette University. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram (NC State University)
Thursday, September 20, 2018 6-8pm – Killeen, TX
Texas A&M University Central Texas. Screening followed by Q+A with Associate Producer Sonja Lanehart (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 (6pm) – Houston, TX
University of Houston. Screening followed by Q+A with Associate Producer Tracey Weldon (University of South Carolina)
Wednesday, October 12, 2018 (12:30pm) – College Station, TX
Texas A&M University. Screening followed by Q+A with Associate Producer Tracey Weldon (University of South Carolina)
Monday, October 15, 2018 (5-6:30pm) – Whitewater, WI
University of Wisconsin Whitewater. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram and other guests
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 (6/7pm) – Burlington, NC
Elon University. Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram (NC State University)
Thursday, November 1, 2018 (4:30-6pm) – Stony Brook, NY
State University of New York at Sony Brook
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Monday, November 5, 2018 (12-2pm) – Sacramento, CA
Columnes River College
Screening followed by Q+A with Associate Producer John Rickford (Stanford University)
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 (5:30pm) – Stillwater, OK
Oklahoma State University
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, November 15, 2018 (8pm) – Ames, IA
Iowa State University
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Friday, November 16, 2018 (11am) – Houston, TX
NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 (5:30pm) – Columbus, OH
The Ohio State University
200 Campbell Hall
Screening followed by Q+A and discussion
Friday, November 30, 2018 (7pm) – St Johns, Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
location TBA
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram (NC State University)
Thursday, December 6, 2018 (7pm) – Bloomsburg, PA
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Centennial Hall 218
Monday, February 4, 2019 (7pm) – Missoula, MT
University of Montana, Jeannette Rankin Hall Room 202
Q+A following the screening with Associate Producer Sonja Lanehart (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Monday, February 11, 2019 (7pm) – Raleigh, NC
William Peace University, Kenan Hall
Screening followed by panel discussion
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 (6pm-7:45pm) – Greenwood, SC
Lander University, BH 126
Screening introduced by Prof. Kathryn McLaughlin-Rojas, Lecturer of English, Department of English & Foreign Languages. Q+A following the screening with Lander University’s Black Student Union
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (7pm) – Chicago, IL
Northeastern University of Illinois (details TBA)
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Sunday, February 17, 2019 (2pm) – Pittsboro, NC
Chatham Historical Association- Pittsboro Town Center
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 (4pm) – Greenville, NC
East Carolina University
Friday, February 22, 2019 – Shanghai, China
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Friday, February 22, 2019 (4pm) – Kernersville, NC
Forsyth County Public Libraries – Paddison Memorial Branch Library. Screening followed by Q+A with Producer Danica Cullinan
Monday, February 25, 2019 (6pm) – Raleigh, NC
North Carolina State University, Talley Student Union, Ocracoke Room
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram, Professor of Psychology Dr. Rupert Nacoste, and a member of the NC State Black Graduate Student Association
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 (7pm) – Boston, MA
Wellesley College, Jewett Art Center Auditorium
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 (5-7pm) – Austin, TX
The University of Texas at Austin, 0.102 RLP
Screening followed by Q+A with Associate Producers Sonja Lanehart and Renee Blake
Thursday, February 28, 2019 (7pm) – Washington, DC
NCSU Alumni Meeting (details TBA)
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, February 28, 2019 (6pm) – Columbia, SC
University of South Carolina, Gambrell 15
Screening followed by Q+A with Associate Producer Tracey Weldon and a panel of USC students
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 – Boone, NC
Appalachian State University
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 (6pm) – Charlotte, NC
University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Cato College of Education Goudes Hall (ROOM 010)
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 (7pm) – New Haven, CT
Yale University (details TBA)
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 (12pm) – Boulder, CO
University of Colorado – Boulder
Screening followed by a panel discussion among Reiland Rabaka (Professor, Ethnic Studies, CU Boulder), Karla D. Scott (Associate Professor, Communication, Saint Louis University) and Danielle Hodge (Ph.D. Candidate, Communication, CU Boulder), and a Q&A.
Thursday, April 18, 2019 – San Diego, CA
University of San Diego (details TBA)
Screening followed by Q+A with Executive Producer Walt Wolfram
Thursday, April 25, 2019 – Bloomsburg, PA (7pm)
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Centennial Hall 218
Saturday, February 8, 2020 – Marietta, GA (2pm)
Kemp Memorial Library Cobb County Library Website