Racquel Gates, “Reintroducing Melvin Van Peebles”

Gates considers the history of her own research on Van Peebles’s films, and details the pleasures — and challenges — of trying to create a bridge between the worlds of academic film studies and more public facing consumer film culture.

Mary Beth Meehan and Fred Turner, “Seeing Silicon Valley”

Zoom, and (for MIT only) E15-318 Common Area 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Acclaimed photographer Mary Beth Meehan and Silicon Valley historian and media scholar Fred Turner discuss their recently published and award-winning book Seeing Silicon Valley: Life inside a Fraying America.

Bearing Witness, Seeking Justice

A conference for diverse constituencies to express their views and to showcase findings on videography as a creative tool in the quest for social justice.