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SUMMARY:Book Club: The Color Purple at the NFSA
DESCRIPTION:PG | 154 Mins | 1985 | DCP | US | D: Steven Spielberg \nBOOK CLUB AT THE NFSA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CANBERRA WRITERS FESTIVAL \nWhen Celie Harris (Whoopi Goldberg) is forced into marriage with abusive Albert (Danny Glover) in rural Georgia\, she finds strength in other women\, including Sofia (Oprah Winfrey) and Shug Avery (Margaret Avery). \nSteven Spielberg’s 1985 take on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel\, centering the resistance and strength of Black women\, was nominated for 11 Oscars. \n“Celie is a great powerful movie character\, played with astonishing grace and tenderness\, and to feel her story is to be blessed with her humanity.” – Roger Ebert \nThe screening will be followed by a discussion of the film and the novel with special guest Santilla Chingaipe\, in conversation with Canberra Writers Festival Artistic Associate Qin Qin. \nABOUT SANTILLA CHINGAIPE\nSantilla Chingaipe is a filmmaker\, historian\, and author\, whose work explores settler colonialism\, slavery\, and postcolonial migration in Australia. Chingaipe’s first book of non-fiction\, Black Convicts\, builds on the critically acclaimed and award-winning documentary\, Our African Roots\, streaming on SBS On Demand. \nIn 2019\, Chingaipe was recognised at the United Nations as one of the most influential people of African descent. She is a regular contributor to The Saturday Paper and served as a member of the Federal Government’s Advisory Group on Australia-Africa Relations. She is the founder of Behind The Screens\, an annual program seeking to increase the representation of people historically excluded from the Australian screen industry\, supported by VicScreen. She is based in Melbourne. \nABOUT QIN QIN\nQin Qin is an award-winning author and speaker who explores themes of identity\, culture\, and the beauty of a non-linear path. She believes in the power of stories and words to heal and connect—an idea that shapes her work as both a writer and librarian. \nBorn in Southwest China and raised in Canberra\, Qin Qin grew up under pressure to be the ‘good’ migrant daughter. By 29\, she was an unfulfilled overachiever\, holding four degrees and working for the United Nations. But after one crisis too many\, she chose to question the script. Her debut memoir\, Model Minority Gone Rogue (Hachette)\, reveals the messy yet liberating journey of choosing love over fear. Named one of the 40 Under 40: Most Influential Asian Australians\, Qin Qin continues to embrace storytelling as a force for healing and connection. \nThe details \nWhat: Screening of The Color Purple followed by a discussion with special guest Santilla Chingaipe\, in conversation with Canberra Writers Festival Artistic Associate Qin Qin.\nWhen: Sun 13 Apr 1:00 PM\nWhere: Arc Cinema\, NFSA Acton\nCost: $18-21pp. Tickets available via NFSA.
URL:https://communityswitch.com.au/event/book-club-the-color-purple-at-the-nfsa/
LOCATION:Acton\, McCoy Circuit\, 1\, Acton\, ACT\, 2601
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