OUT THERE WITHOUT FEAR

APRIL 6 2021
​5PM

Join the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania for a virtual screening and panel discussion of Jamaica’s latest Dancehall documentary, Out There Without Fear, co-sponsored with the Center for Experimental Ethngoraphy.

Hear from the native Jamaican filmmaker, Joelle Powe, and the documentary participants who will be calling in from Kingston, Jamaica. Choreographer, Latonya Style, has traveled to more than 40 countries teaching Jamaican culture. Dance advocate and lecturer Maria Hitchins articulates the evolution of Jamaican dance and class struggles for Jamaican dancers. Sign onto Zoom for a rich multidisciplinary discussion on classism, pigmentism, blackness, sexuality, cultural preservation, and censorship in Jamaican arts.
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