Featured Screenings
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PAST SCREENINGS
Two screenings! 9/21/2018 at 2:00 PM and 9/24/2018 at 5:00 PM
March on Washington Film Festival - D.C., July 19
Thursday, May 17, 2018, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Hosted by Professor Jason Hill at DePaul University
A full house at Northwood University! Students saw How Jack Became Black on January 29, 2018 and asked many insightful questions during the Q&A with filmmaker Eli Steele.
"An unqualified success!"
- Professor Glenn Moots
Northwood University student reviews:
"(Eli Steele) did a really good job explaining why he made the video and the importance it had on his life and why it matters to us."
"His passion for making this country a better place based on seeing people for who they are rather than what they looked like."
"He was real to himself. He knew how to leave everyone in shock."
"He didn’t choose a side and just gave evidence and facts and let you make the conclusion."
"I liked that it was a very relevant subject in today’s society. It was also very eye-opening as it dealt with problems I never had to deal with."
Professor Darren Guerra and Filmmaker Eli Steele during the Q&A before a packed crowd at Biola University.
"I think what the film does well is it asks good questions. He’s asking, ‘Why the boxes? Why do we need so many boxes?’”
-Professor Darren Guerra
Producer Warrington Hudlin hosted filmmaker Eli Steele and conducted a riveting Q&A with the audience.
"How Jack Became Black" is a thoughtful, meaningful and incisive documentary. Director Eli Steele brings a perspective on race in America that is both personal and original. In so doing, he throws down a fascinating challenge to the issue of race in this country, particularly to those who would think that they are doing the "right thing."
- Seth Shire, CUNY Professor
The Parent Voice
Lakshmi Girl, of The Parent Voices, introduces How Jack Became Black to the crowd at Chester County Library in Exton, PA.
"Your movie was incredible. The conversation after the screening was just as engaging as the movie and I know you have touched at least 20 lives yesterday. People who would have gone back home and thought about your message as well as talked about it to their families. There were three teachers that I know of who wanted to go back and talk about it at their schools.
"As for me, your movie gave me the validation I was looking for in raising my children the way I am doing. I have been embracing all of me and raising my children the way I see fit. I am often struck by guilt wondering if I am not placing enough emphasis on their birth heritage and race. After yesterday I decided all I can gift them is the curiosity to discover their identity by themselves. It is not up to me to determine who or what they should be. They will embrace all of themselves as they see fit. So, thank you!"
- Lakshmi Giri, Managing Editor of The Parent Voice
Honors College, Duquesne University
Nationally-renowned Honors College of Duquesne University hosted How Jack Became Black on April 19, 2017 to study the multiracial baby boom and the impact of identity politics on education.
Student reviews:
"I think this was an incredible and dynamic documentary. It provided much more historical context than I anticipated but rightfully so. It really put in perspective for me how prominent and engrained the man-made concept of race is in today's America. It most definitely tugged at my heart strings and called me to think, listen, and talk more about some of these ongoing issues/challenges." - Bella
"This documentary really shows how identity politics negatively affects the people and the culture of America." - Waymond
"This was very eye-opening and interesting. I never would think about filling out the race box on an application but the impact it makes is literally crazy." - Carlie
"I appreciated that Eli focused on the micro-level. He wanted to communicate the importance of the individual and so he asked the individual questions. I also like how it was about Jack and June, and not so much about Eli himself." - Natalie
"I think the documentary allowed me to have a different perspective on races. I have never thought about what being multiracial meant and about how people can just label you as naive for not identifying with one particular race." - Josiane
The Atlas Network/Taliesen Nexus Screening
![Atlas Networks along with Taliesin Nexus held an advance screening in Hollywood on April 20, 2017. (Eli Steele [L] with Matt Edwards.)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584599b5e4fcb592c1ff2646/1493836730998-R81IJKCL47NQKG9RXBE8/image-asset.jpeg)
Atlas Networks along with Taliesin Nexus held an advance screening in Hollywood on April 20, 2017. (Eli Steele [L] with Matt Edwards.)
