COURSE: Reel Conversations: Race, Film, and Faith

COURSE: Reel Conversations: Race, Film, and Faith
Held Friday 18th to Sunday 20th October 2024
Rates and details below. Book by calling 01244 532 350 or email [email protected] to book.

Join Dr. Anthony Reddie of the University of Oxford and Dr. Greg Garrett of Baylor University for a weekend of film screenings, lectures, and discussions at Gladstone's Library that will demonstrate how films can open up powerful discussions on race and justice.

Dr. Anthony Reddie is Professor of Black Theology at the University of Oxford and the Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture. A widely published liberation theologian and editor of the international journal Black Theology, Dr. Reddie has lectured and taught widely in the UK and abroad, including recent appearances at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Greenbelt Festival. 

Dr. Greg Garrett is the Carole McDaniel Hanks Professor of Literature and Culture at Baylor University in Texas. He is the author of 30 books, including A Long, Long Way: Hollywood's Unfinished Journey from Racism to Reconciliation, and has spoken at the American Library in Paris, the Edinburgh International Festival of Books, and on numerous occasions at Gladstone's Library.


Programme (more details to come, may be subject to change):

Day 1 

5pm Welcome and introductions 

6pm Dinner 

7.30pm Session 1 

Day 2 

9.45am Session 2

11am Coffee break 

11.30am Session 3

1pm Lunch 

Time off 

5pm Public Lecture  

6pm Drinks in the Gladstone Room 

6.45  Dinner 

Day 3 

9.45am Session 4 

11 Coffee break 

11.30am Session 5  

1pm Lunch and departure 

 

Residential rates (includes breakfast, two course lunch with tea or filter coffee on Saturday and Sunday and a two course dinner with tea or filter coffee on Friday and Saturday)

One delegate in a single ensuite: £400 (or £304 with a student, clergy or Society of Authors discount)
Two delegates in a twin or double: £620 (or £500 with discounts)
One delegate in a double or twin occupancy: £460 (or £360 with discount)
One delegate and one non-delegate guest in a twin or double: £550 (or £450 with discount)
Non-residential rate: £220 (including breaks, lunches and dinners)