
Film Screening + Reception // For Paradise
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May 19
Film Screening + Reception // For Paradise
May 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Free
At the age of 18, Elizabeth Webb discovered a family history that had gone unspoken for a generation: her paternal grandfather, whom she never met, was African-American. Her father had been passing as white. He had also decided to raise his family as such, giving them no knowledge of their Black ancestry. For Paradise is a hybrid documentary that traces the construction of racial identities within her family, where members operate on both sides of the color line. Webb will…
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