Documentary Filmmaker to be Guest for MLK Day

01/16/05

Keith Beauchamp, documentary producer, will visit IC on January 17 in recognition of MLK Day.

In addition to hosting two master classes -- Film Documentation at 3:00 pm in Park 138 and Civil Rights and Social Justice at 4:00 pm in Clark Lounge -- Beauchamp will be the guest presenter for an evening program in Emerson Suites beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The evening events will begin with a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. presented by the MLK Scholars. At 7:30 p.m. there will be a showing of Beauchamp's unreleased documentary The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till. A question and answer period will follow.

Other highlights for the day's activities are:

• 11:30 am-4:30 pm -- Beverly J. Martin Elementary School/GIAC
  Join members of the Ithaca College community for lunch and entertainment. Shuttles from Phillips Hall will be provided.
• Noon-3:00 pm and 5:00-9:00 pm -- Showings on the hour in Clark Lounge
  Martin Luther King Jr: A Personal Portrait
• 9:00 am-3:00 pm -- Showings on the hour in Klingenstein Lounge
  Screening of the 60 Minutes documentary highlighting the filmmaker Keith Beauchamp and the background information for his documentary The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

For more information contact Kate Brown, 274-1692

The events are sponsored by the Offices of Multicultural Affairs, Affirmative Action/EEO, Provost, President, and Student Affairs and Campus Life, the Center for Teacher Education, Park School of Communications, Center for Student Leadership and Involvement, Student Activities Board, and the SGA Diversity Awareness Committee.

Contributed by Kate Brown

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