BLACK AND FREE - May 20, 7PM

[Wendy Philpott]

The Department of Communication Arts is delighted to announce this Thursday's virtual Communication Speaks event featuring Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae's research-creation project Black And Free.
Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae's areas of research and teaching expertise are race, gender and performance.
[cid:b4938481-8185-4cd3-8044-1b5c56b7c643]This presentation of research findings will include performances of excerpts from her plays that explore, in process and production, what Black theatre can do in the 21st Century. Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae will be joined by Janice Anderson (York University) and Emily Radcliff (UWaterloo).
ASL interpretation provided by Courage Bacchus.
Join us this Thursday, May 20, 7 - 8 PM (Eastern) for the live YouTube event<https://youtu.be/Q-RFXFI6zHI>.

Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae's current artistic and research project is called Black And Free with a focus on Black expressive culture and it is funded by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts and the University of Waterloo.
She has appeared as a media commentator for the BBC, CBC, CTV, The Canadian Press, the National Post, the Toronto Star, and The Fader and written op-eds for the Globe and Mail and Vice Network. She is also an award-winning poet, recording artist, and playwright who has performed in Canada, France, Jamaica, and South Africa.
Join us for this live YouTube event<https://youtu.be/Q-RFXFI6zHI>.

Artwork Designed by Sahra Soudi & Syrus Marcus Ware

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