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MEDIA CONTACT: Sharon Dickman sdickman@rochester.edu
585.275.4128
January 25, 2006
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, in room 314 of Morey Hall on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
Sugar Cane Alley (Rue cases nègres) is the first of this semester's "Coming of Age in Diaspora" Africa Video Series. Directed by Euzhan Palcy, the 1983 film has earned many international awards. The screening is sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies at the University of Rochester.
The French film is considered a classic in its development of the relationship between a boy and his grandmother. Life on the Afro-Caribbean island is depicted during a period when races, cultures, and colonial traditions clash.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Jennifer Stoever at (585) 273-3804.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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