{"id":36896,"date":"2014-08-18T02:25:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T02:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=36896"},"modified":"2014-08-20T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T16:51:09","slug":"mixed-mondays-film-series-at-the-brooklyn-historical-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=36896","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Mondays Film Series at the Brooklyn Historical Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Mixed Mondays Film Series at the Brooklyn Historical Society<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crossing Borders, Bridging Generatons<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Historical Society<\/a><br \/>\n128 Pierrepont Street<br \/>\nBrooklyn, New York 11201<br \/>\n<strong>Mondays, 2014-08-04 through\u00a0 2014-08-18, 18:30 EDT (Local Time)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynhistory.org\/graphics\/LittleCBBGlogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by and post-screening discussion with:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hunter.cuny.edu\/sociology\/faculty\/erica-chito-childs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Erica Chito Childs<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of Sociology (author of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=6759\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Navigating Interracial Borders<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=6754\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Fade to Black and White: Interracial Images in Popular Culture<\/em><\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>City University of New York<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This series is co-sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MixedRaceStudies.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MixedRaceStudies.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/mixed-mondays-film-series-toasted-marshmallows\" target=\"_blank\">August 18: <em>Toasted Marshmallows<\/em> (2014)<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/79944373?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Come watch the first public screening of the documentary\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/toastedmarshmallowsproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Toasted Marshmallows<\/em><\/a> in the U.S.! Follow filmmakers <a href=\"mailto:2toastedmarshmallows@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Marcelitte Failla<\/a> and <a href=\"mailto:2toastedmarshmallows@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Anoushka Ratnarajah<\/a> on a journey across Canada and the U.S. as they document the experiences of other mixed-race identified women, delve into their own cultural and ethnic histories, and tell stories about color, passing, privilege, ancestry, and belonging. An extended preview of the film will be followed by a dialogue with the filmmakers and Erica Chito-Childs.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/mixed-mondays-film-series-my-beautiful-laundrette\" target=\"_blank\">August 11: <em>My Beautiful Laundrette<\/em> (1985)<\/a>:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/mixed-mondays-film-series-my-beautiful-laundrette\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/article\/images\/936full-my-beautiful-laundrette-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>British-born, half-Pakistani playwright and novelist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hanif_Kureishi\" target=\"_blank\">Hanif Kureishi<\/a> won an Oscar nomination for his 1985 screenplay for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/My_Beautiful_Laundrette\" target=\"_blank\"><em>My Beautiful Laundrette<\/em><\/a>, a richly layered film about Pakistani immigrant life in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thatcherism\" target=\"_blank\">Thatcherite<\/a> London.<\/p>\n<p>Come watch the protagonist, Omar, navigate mixed-income and mixed-race arrangements in his family and develop an unlikely, yet beautiful, queer relationship with Johnny (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_Day-Lewis\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Day Lewis<\/a>). Set against the backdrop of anti-immigrant racism and fascism, the story of Omar\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-service_laundry\" target=\"_blank\">laundrette<\/a> presents an electrifying set of possibilities around class, race, sexuality, belonging, and love.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/mixed-mondays-film-series-imitation-life\" target=\"_blank\">August 4: <em>Imitation of Life<\/em> (1959)<\/a>:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/mixed-mondays-film-series-imitation-life\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/article\/images\/Imitation_of_Life_1959_poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Mixed Monday film series launches with a 1959 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lana_Turner\" target=\"_blank\">Lana Turner<\/a> classic\u2014<em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imitation_of_Life_(1959_film)\" target=\"_blank\">Imitation of Life<\/a>\u2014<\/em>which explores the story of an African-American woman and her light-skinned, mixed-race daughter who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=5864\" target=\"_blank\">passes<\/a> for white. Come munch on popcorn, watch the film and discuss the history and cultural context around mixed families, race relations and popular culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mixed Mondays Film Series at the Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generatons Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 Mondays, 2014-08-04 through\u00a0 2014-08-18, 18:30 EDT (Local Time) Hosted by and post-screening discussion with: Erica Chito Childs, Professor of Sociology (author of\u00a0Navigating Interracial Borders and\u00a0Fade to Black and White: Interracial Images in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,8413,666,13,8,6462,394,10,20,842,25],"tags":[15877,6560,179,15878],"class_list":["post-36896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-communications","category-gaylesbian","category-liveevents","category-media-archive","category-passing-2","category-socialscience","category-uk","category-usa","category-videos","category-women","tag-anoushka-ratnarajah","tag-brooklyn-historical-society","tag-erica-chito-childs","tag-marcelitte-failla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}