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Film: Family Portrait in Black and White

This is the final film of the UWL Ethnographic Film Series of 2017-2018 organized by the Department of Archaeology & Anthropology. Dr. Elizabeth Peacock will facilitate the film and a post-film discussion. Free and open to the public. Free popcorn will be provided! Other concessions will be available for purchase, with proceeds going to the UWL Archaeology & Anthropology Club.

“Olga Nenya has 27 children. Four of them, now adults, are her biological children; the other 23 are adopted or foster children. Of those 23, 16 are bi-racial. She calls them "my chocolates," and is raising them to be patriotic Ukrainians. Some residents of Sumy, Ukraine, consider Olga a saint, but many believe she is simply crazy.

“An inheritance from the Soviet era, a stigma persists here against interracial relationships, and against children born as the result of romantic encounters between Ukrainian girls and exchange students from Africa. For more than a decade, Olga has been picking up the black babies left in Ukrainian orphanages and raising them together so that they may support and protect one another.”

 

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Equity and diversity

When

Past occurrences (1)

  • 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Where

movie theater (0120) Student Union

UWL campus map for building location and nearby parking lots.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse movie theater (0120) Student Union

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Elizabeth Peacock at 608.785.6780 or epeacock@uwlax.edu.

Parking

Payment may be required. No permit?
Use Passport Parking.

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