Why do confessions often swamp all other evidence in the United States criminal justice system? I show that the answer to this question involves a distinctive kind of testimonial injustice, one that results from extracted evidence receiving an unwarranted excess … Continue reading →

The Little will screen Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration (Martyn Atkins, U.S. 2019, 120 min.) Join an incredible array of singers and musicians who came together to honor one of the world's most remarkable artists, Joni Mitchell, on her 75th … Continue reading →

Using layered soundscapes, song, and prose, Hnossa's Didrik Soderstrom presents this original adaptation of a Swedish folktale. A wizard and would-be kidnapper tells a story of his defeat at the hands of a dastardly kind child. Hnossa returns to Writers … Continue reading →

The Cinema will screen Ben is Back (Peter Hedges, U.S. 2018, 103 min.) "A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve."

The Dryden will screen Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, U.S. 1991, 112 min., DCP) followed by a panel discussion with Nicholle La Vann, Delores Jackson Radney, and Tess Padmore as part of the Black Female Filmmakers series. (And in … Continue reading →

The Cinema will screen The Guilty (Gustav Möller, Denmark 2018, 85 min.) "A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman."

Enjoy this free entertaining and moving evening of theatre, as African-Americans from Rochester's past come to life to share their stories. Share the experiences of Rochesterians from the past, as you meet notables such as Frederick Douglass and Austin Steward … Continue reading →

The Cinema will screen If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins, U.S. 2018, 119 min.) "A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime."

The Dryden will screen Ammore e malavita (Love and Bullets, Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti, Italy 2017, 133 min., DCP, Italian w/subtitles). An off-the-wall comedy-musical-thriller, this film won five Donatello awards in Italy, including Best Picture. After being ambushed and shot … Continue reading →

The Cinema will screen Who Will Write Our History (Roberta Grossman, U.S. 2018, 95 min.) "Who Will Write Our History tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret archive he created and led in the … Continue reading →

Will you be our Valentine? Come join us in our Printmaking and Bookarts Studio and make a one of a kind Valentine's Day card. Create the perfect, thoughtful, hand-made gift for you to give to someone special. This event is … Continue reading →

The George Eastman Musuem will host a Focus 45 lecture by Jamie M. Allen titled The Photographer in the Garden. From famous locations to the simplest home vegetable garden, from worlds imagined by artists to vintage family snapshots, The Photographer … Continue reading →

VSW will host a screening of Attica (Cinda Firestone, U.S. 1974, 80 min.) and additional footage in conjunction with Enough is Enough. Enough is Enough (EIE) is a grassroots activist organization with a mission to support survivors of police brutality … Continue reading →

What if your future dreams for society became the dominant narrative for hope in the present? How do we imagine a more liberated future for ourselves? This discussion group and creative workshop led by Black Magnolias will use speculative fiction—Afrofuturism, … Continue reading →