Warrington Hudlin has long been recognized as a pioneer in the black independent cinema movement.  Born and raised in East St. Louis, he graduated form Yale in 1974; the documentary Black at Yale soon followed. In addition to producing feature films, including House Party, Boomerang and Bebe's Kids, he works with digital film and the Internet. An activist as well, Hudlin co-founded the Black Filmmakers Foundation and DVREpublic.com to provide awareness of and support for an ethnically-diverse cinema.

Hosted by: Afro-American Studies and Research Program

In conjunction with:  African American Cultural Center, Asian American Studies Program, Center for African Studies, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Department of Anthropology, Department of the Classics, Department of History, Department of Kinesiology, Department of Political Science, Department of  Theatre, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Institute of Communications Research, Krannert Art Museum, La Casa Cultural Latina, Latina/o Studies Program, Media Studies Program, Office of Continuing Education, School of Music, Unit for Cinema Studies, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, University Housing, Division of Student Affairs, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, Douglass Community Center, Parkland College Black Student Association