Following the screening of "Sankofa" in room 272 on the new University Center will be a discussion with Pervis Brown, Clayton State instructor of African-American History. The screening is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Art, Film, & Video Club and the Department of Communicative Arts & Integrative Studies at Clayton State.

Sankofa is an Akan word that means "We must go back & reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why & how we came to be who we are today." Written, directed and produced by Ethiopian-born filmmaker Gerima, Sankofa is a powerful film about Maafa - the African Holocaust, says Clayton State Assistant Professor of Media Dr. Virginia Bonner. Told from an African/African-American perspective, the film gives a story that is vastly different from the generally distorted, Hollywood representations of African people, she adds.

For more information on "Sankofa," go to https://www.sankofa.com/welcome.shtml , or call (770) 961-3460 or go to https://a-s.clayton.edu/vbonner/film/festivals.html .

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