Meet the HOW JACK BECAME BLACK filmmaker at the following screenings:
Friday, June 1, 7:40 PM screening
Theme: Ready for a fearless dialogue on identity politics and the multiracial baby boom?
Featuring: Filmmaker Eli Steele
Saturday, June 2, 7:40 PM screening
Theme: What is it like raising multiracial families in today’s America?
Featuring: Buddy Sosthand – an award winning stuntman (Pirates of Caribbean, etc.) and the father of a multiracial family. David Raysse – a legendary shoe designer (FILA, Adidas, Skechers, Brand Black) who is mixed himself and the father of a multiracial family. They will be joined by filmmaker Eli Steele.
Sunday, June 3, 12:20 PM screening>
Theme: What exactly does it mean to be black, Jewish, and multiracial?
Featuring: Rabbinic intern Yeshaia Blakeney – Born to a Jewish mother and a black father, he is now part of Ohr HaTorah in West Los Angeles. He and filmmaker Eli Steele will discuss their experiences – religious, racial, individual – that comes with being black and Jewish. https://www.ohrhatorah.org/yeshaia-blakeney.html
Monday, June 4, 7:40 PM screening
Theme: Ready for a fearless dialogue on identity politics and the multiracial baby boom?
Featuring: Filmmaker Eli Steele
Tuesday, June 5, 7:40 PM screening
Theme: What role will the race box play in an increasingly multiracial America?
Featuring: UCLA’s Professor Richard Sander, School of Law, and USC’s Professor Mark Pearson, Center for Education, Equity and Social Justice. Both Professors are fathers of multiracial children and are deeply invested in how the multiracial baby boom will affect government policies and other aspects of our society. They will be joined by filmmaker Eli Steele.
Wednesday, June 6, 7:40 PM screening
Theme: In an America gripped by identity politics, is it too late to begin the movement back to the individual?
Featuring: Liberty on the Rocks, a non-profit libertarian organization. They will be joined by filmmaker Eli Steele.
Thursday, June 6, 7:40 PM screening
Theme: What exactly does the multiracial identity mean?
Featuring: Thomas Lopez, board member of Multiracial Americans of Southern California. Lopez himself is multiracial and he will discuss with filmmaker Eli Steele what it means to be multiracial in today’s America and what the future may hold.