Sam White is a mixed race film major at Winchester University; a prestigious and predominantly white Ivy League school. With her sharp and witty radio show Dear White People and her self-published book entitled Ebony and Ivy, Sam causes a stir among the administration and student body, calling out racist micro-aggressions on campus. When Sam wins the election for head of house of the all black house on campus, tensions rise. When a white student and son of the schools president, and his club come up with a black face theme for their annual party in response to Sam’s activism, tensions overflow. All at once everyone finds themselves on different sides of a race war fighting each other and themselves.
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2:00PM
Location: Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, Columbia University
Filmmaker Bio:
Justin is a Los Angeles based producer, writer / director currently working on a slate of original digital programs for Participant Media’s Take Part TV launching this July. In addition to producing, directing and editing numerous shorts and webseries, he has worked several publicity and marketing campaigns for Focus Features, Paramount Pictures, and Sony Pictures over the last seven years. With Dear White People he hopes to make his feature directorial debut.
