The Commemorative Symposium: Black Cinema Aesthetics: Issues in Black Film
(May 2-3, 2003)

Friday, May 2, 2003
Keynote Address and Reception, 4:30 pm-8:00 pm
Baker Center State Room

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gladstone Yearwood

Saturday, May 3, 2003
Opening and Plenary Sessions, 9:00 am-6:15 pm
Scripps Auditorium School of Journalism

9:00-10:00 am
Opening
Speaker: Dr. Keith M. Harris

10:00 am-12:00 pm
Panel I: Black Cinema Aesthetics Revisited: The State of Black Film
Moderated conversation among BarbaraO, Dr. Gladstone Yearwood, and Ms. Pearl Bowser
Moderator: Dr. Michele Wallace

12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Lunch

1:15 pm-2:45 pm
Panel II: Black Cinema Aesthetics and Black Film Scholarship
Moderated dialogue between Dr. Ed Guerrero and Dr. Michele Wallace
Moderator: Dr. Mia Mask

3:00 pm-4:30 pm
Panel III: Africana Media Practices
Roundtable discussion among Dr. Mia Mask, Dr. Esaiba Irobi, Travis Gatling, MFA, and Dr. Vibert Cambridge
Moderator: Dr. Maura Keefe

4:45 pm-6:15 pm
Panel IV: Black Cinema Aesthetics in Practice
Roundtable discussion among Dr. Nii Kwate Owoo, Robert Banks
Moderator: Akil Houston