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.

Friday 18th October 

5pm Welcome and introductions 

6pm Dinner 

7.30pm - Session 1: Film: Superfly (running time: 2hrs) (Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQIvV800Atk)

Saturday 19th October 

8am - 9.15am Breakfast (for residents)

9.45am - 10.30am -  Session 2: Reflecting on Superfly and an introduction to Origins. 

11.30am Coffee break 

11.45am - Session 3: Film: Origins – (running time: 2hrs 20mins) (Trailer: Origins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAweg5PaMuw)

1pm Lunch 

Time off

2.30pm - 3.15pm - Session 4: Reflecting on Origins

Time off

5pm Open Lecture: "Race, Religion, and Culture: How Film Can Help Us Have Hard Conversations about the Things That Matter." Individual £10 tickets are available to people not on the course. Email [email protected] to order.

6pm Drinks in the Gladstone Room 

6.45pm Dinner 

Sunday 20th October  

8am - 9.15am Breakfast (for residents) followed by check out

9.45am? Session 5: Film: Flame in the Streets (Running Time: 1hr 30min) (Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0mebY9SuMo)

11.30am Coffee break 

11.45am Session 6: Questions & Discussion 

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)