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WHITNEY SPECIAL FILM EVENT
(For viewing in the time of social distancing)
Treasures from the Yale Film Arcive
Join us online for a conversation with musician, filmmaker, educator, and Yale alumnus Willie Ruff, along with the online premiere of his Yale-preserved jazz documentary The Beginnings of Bebop.
(Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
Learn More
Watch the Filmmaker Conversation (53 mins)
Watch The Beginnings of Bebop (26 mins)
Available online till June 30, 2020
WHITNEY LECTURE OF THE WEEK
Christopher Lebron is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Color of Our Shame: Race and Justice in Our Time and The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea, as well as numerous academic articles and book reviews on race and political ethics. In 2018 he was awarded the Hiett Prize by the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, which recognizes promising young scholars and writers who are influencing public debates through their work.
For viewing in the time of social distancing.
Available online
7:00pm, Auditorium
7:00pm, Auditorium
