The 2020 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Celebrating its twentieth year, the 2020 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival includes forty-eight feature films, sixteen short films, three world premieres, five North American premieres, and two U.S. premieres from seventeen countries around the world. Screenings will be presented at venues across metro-Atlanta, including the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, […]
4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival The Ogeechee International History Film Festival is the only open submission, juried, international cinema program of its kind. Now in its fourth year, the annual festival continues to promote and celebrate history presented through motion pictures. The theme of the 4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival is […]
Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia Melissa Cooper, author of Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination will deliver the keynote lecture for "Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia." Cooper will address the context from which Geechee women emerged, and three "trailblazers" will be highlighted by additional speakers: […]
Women, Sex, and Violence in Georgia: The 75th Commemoration of the Execution of Lena Mae Baker This one-day symposium will highlight contemporary issues in the age of the "Me Too" movement. Through a series of panel discussions, topics including the law, activism and advocacy, the response of the faith-based community, and student perspectives. The symposium, […]
