Name: Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance - Screening and Conversation
Start: 2023-02-08T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2023-02-08
Location: USC School of Cinematic Arts, Ray Stark Family Theatre

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance - Screening and Conversation

USC Visions and Voices

A screening of the documentary, Uprooted, followed by a conversation with director Khadifa Wong and USC Kaufman School of Dance faculty.

USC School of Cinematic Arts, Ray Stark Family Theatre

<a href="https://uprootedfilm.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance</a> is a feature-length documentary celebrating the history, lineage, and future of jazz dance. Featuring a stellar cast of leading industry experts, award-winning choreographers, and legendary performers such as Debbie Allen, Chita Rivera, and Camille A. Brown, the groundbreaking film revisits the dance form’s roots in Africa and follows its evolution through every decade and genre. Identifying political and social influences and addressing appropriation, racism, socialism, and sexism, the film provides an honest conversation about jazz dance as well as a celebration, telling a story of triumph over adversity, oppression, and privilege. This special screening of Uprooted will be followed by a conversation with director Khadifa<a href="https://www.khadifawong.com/bio" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Wong</a> and USC Kaufman School of Dance professors <a href="https://www.moncelldurden.com/bio" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Moncell Durden</a> and <a href="https://www.saleemaheknight.com/bio" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Saleemah E. Knight</a>, who appear as dance experts in the film, moderated by its associate producer <a href="https://uprootedfilm.com/creatives/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kimberley Browning</a>.<a href="https://visionsandvoices.usc.edu/eventdetails/?event_id=40316568859015&amp;s_type=&amp;s_genre=" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click to read more. </a>

Presented by <a href="https://visionsandvoices.usc.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative</a>. Organized by the USC Kaufman School of Dance.

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