Don't miss the spring CineCulture lineup. CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.

“Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart” (2017)
When: 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22
Where: Peters Education Center Auditorium (west of the Save Mart Center in the Student Recreation Center building).

All films screened on campus are free and open to the public. Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.

Discussant: Dr. Margaret Wilkerson, author of the forthcoming book, "Lorraine Hansberry: Am I a Revolutionary?"

Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart is the first-ever feature documentary about Lorraine Hansberry, the visionary author of the groundbreaking play "A Raisin in the Sun." An overnight sensation, this play transformed the American theater and has long been considered a classic, yet the remarkable story of the playwright faded from view. With this documentary, filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain resurrects the Lorraine Hansberry we have forgotten — a passionate artist, committed activist and sought-after public intellectual who waged an outspoken and defiant battle against injustice in 20th-century America. The film reveals Hansberry’s prescient works tackling race, human rights, women’s equality and sexuality that anticipated social and political movements on the horizon. Lorraine Hansberry lived much of her 34 years guided by a deep sense of responsibility to others, proclaiming: “One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know or react to the miseries which afflict this world.”

Sponsor: The Africana Studies Program

Coming next: - “Time for Ilhan” (2018)

On Nov. 8, 2016, a young, hijab-wearing mother-of-three named Ilhan Omar made history, becoming the first Somali Muslim woman to be elected to a state office in America. She was hailed by the New York Times as, “one of the bright lights in the post-election darkness,” and the documentary film "Time for Ilhan" intimately chronicles her hard-fought campaign for State Representative in Minnesota’s Senate District 60B, home to our nation’s largest Somali community. Then, on Nov. 6, 2018, Omar became the first Somali-American to be elected to the United States Congress. A fresh take on the old story of the American dream, "Time for Ilhan" offers an inspiring, stereotype-busting portrait of a rising political star as she begins a bold and powerful political career.

For a complete schedule, visit the College of Arts and Humanities blog.

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to Fresno State students, faculty, staff and community. CineCulture is also offered as a three-unit academic course (MCJ 179) in the Media, Communications and Journalism Department. The course fulfills General Education Integration Area Multicultural International (MI). For students entering Fresno State Fall 2018, the course satisfies a university graduation requirement.

Fresno State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact us in advance to your participation.

For more information, contact Dr. Mary Husain (instructor and club adviser) at mhusain@csufresno.edu.