Beyond Boundaries: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Sep 21, 2023 7:00pm — 9:30pm
Auditorium
With featured guest: Director Yoruba Richen
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, 2022 101 min.
Directors: Yoruba Richen, Johanna Hamilton
This definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement. Based on the best-selling biography and executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien, the film takes a deeper dive into Rosa Parks’ often overlooked breadth of accomplishments and the impact of her fight to overcome racial injustice. Detailing her achievements beyond the mere fraction of Parks’ life taught in schools, the film takes a deeper dive into the groundbreaking actions spearheaded by Rosa throughout the course of the civil rights movement.
Richen and Hamilton expertly weave together Interviews from academics and activists such as Bryan Stevenson, Patrisse Cullors, and Ericka Huggins, along with personal stories from Parks’ family, and remarkable footage of Mrs. Parks herself to illuminate her decades of extensive organizing, strategizing and activism in the pursuit of Black liberation. Lisa Gay Hamilton lends her talents to the documentary as the voice of Mrs. Rosa Parks.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvYejuYHWX4
Beyond Boundaries Screening & Discussion Series is a distinctive program at Buffalo State that has been running since 2014. This annual, six-part film series is organized around categories of diversity including, but not limited to race, gender, class, sexuality, and abilities, with an emphasis on intersectionality. It creates an opportunity for open dialogue on social justice issues among college students, staff, faculty and members of the greater Western New York community.
Beyond Boundaries is sponsored by the Office of Equity and Campus Diversity, the Communication Department, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center. All screenings are held in Burchfield Penney Art Center and are free and open to the public.
The series is curated by Professors Ruth Goldman and Meg Knowles