Hutton Honors College

Do Movies Matter?
Discussion Lunch with Filmmaker Julie Dash

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007 * 11:30 a.m. -12:45 p.m. * Harlos House, 1331 E. Tenth St. * SIGN-UP REQUIRED

Producer, writer, and director Julie Dash is well-known for her work on feature-length and short films and music videos. Her award-winning film Daughters of the Dust was placed in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress and is one of 400 American films honored and preserved as a National Treasure. Her long-form, dramatic films include the MTV original feature Love Song, romantic thriller Incognito (with Richard T. Jones and Vanessa Williams, among others), and Funny Valentines (with Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine, and CCH Pounder). She has directed music videos featuring, among others, blues artist Keb 'Mo, R&B and soul singer Peabo Bryson, the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, and singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, including Chapman's "Give Me One Reason," a hit single that won the 1997 Grammy for Best Rock Song. Join Dash for a discussion of filmmaking, and of what motion pictures mean to her and to you. The lunch is co-sponsored by the Wells Scholars Program.

Dash will be visiting campus as part of the IU Libraries' "Reel Images" project. She will speak at the opening event on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 4:30 p.m. at IU's Neal-Marshall Grand Hall. She will also host a public screening of her film "The Rosa Parks Story" on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. This CBS Networked Television Movie has garnered numerous accolades, including an Emmy nomination for Angela Bassett, who portrays Rosa Parks in the film.

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