Please Distribute Widely:
The Alabama State University Department of Communications
and the Minorities And Communication Division of the Association for Education
in Journalism and Mass Communication are pleased to invite you to two public
lectures and a special Alabama debut screening of the very recently released
documentary: Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex
& Power in Music Video. The lecturers are Southeast, Southwest
and Northeast Regional Field Directors for the National Organization for Women headquartered
in
The first public lecture on “Media Issues and Women
(with a special focus on African American women)” will be held in McGehee
Hall 100, on the ASU campus, Monday 9/10/07, 10--10:50 a.m.
The second public lecture will be on “Anti-Sexism Work
101” - Women’s rights and the challenges and successes NOW, ACLU
and other women’s rights organizations have encountered in the past
several years, highlighting current cases and including a prelude on
multi-racial organizing in the feminist movement and media coverage. It
is held in the
On Tuesday 9/11/07, 11-- 12:15 the lecturers will provide a
screening of Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex
& Power in Music Video in the ASU television studio of the
All events are free and open to the public.
Dreamworlds 3 Dreamworlds 3, the
highly anticipated update of Sut Jhally's groundbreaking Dreamworlds 2
(1995), examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and
women, and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives shape
individual and cultural attitudes about sexuality. Illustrated with hundreds
of up-to-date images, Dreamworlds 3
offers a unique and powerful tool for understanding both the continuing
influence of music videos and how pop culture more generally filters the
identities of young men and women through a dangerously narrow set of myths
about sexuality and gender. In doing so, it inspires viewers to reflect
critically on images that they might otherwise take for granted. Written & Directed by Sut Jhally NOTE: A 35-minute abridged version, with less nudity
& profanity, is recommended for high school audiences. (Coming soon -
please call for information). Sut Jhally is a professor of Communication at the |
For more information see: http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaGenderAndDiversity/Dreamworlds3
Sincerely,
Rev. Dr. E-K. Daufin, Professor
Department of Communications
334.229.6885
Thank you in advance for your
Scholarly & Creative Activity
Referrals -
Lectures, Performances, Workshops,
Consultation. Related Info: http://home.earthlink.net/~ekdaufin/