MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA and BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA present —

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African Diaspora Film Club at MoAD | HAZING with Director BYRON HURT

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Join us for today's program on zoom:

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Please click the link below to join the webinar:

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https://moadsf-org.zoom.us/j/87410984457?pwd=bmFhQmd6OGR2dVNyMitMSkhLamhwQT09

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Passcode: 323386

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Join us for our monthly series, The African Diaspora Film Club. Modeled after our African Book Club, we will meet once a month to discuss a film that we have all viewed in advance of the discussion. The conversation will be moderated by Cornelius Moore, co-director of California Newsreel and film series curator at MoAD. We will be choosing a selection of films, some previously screened at MoAD. You may have already seen it, or this may be your first introduction. In either case, join us for a lively discussion of the film.

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This month we will be discussing HAZING (2022, 103 minutes) with Director Byron Hurt. You will receive instructions to join via zoom after you sign up here. Look for an email from MoAD after you sign up, if you don’t receive it in your inbox, look in your spam or junk mail.

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We will not be screening the film. HAZING is available for streaming on Independent Lens/PBS from 9/12/22-12/11/22. View the film in advance and then join us for the discussion on Sunday, November 13th from 5-6pm (PST).

‍Director Byron Hurt will join us for the discussion.

ABOUT THE FILM

HAZING, from award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt, offers a powerful, deeply personal look inside the culture of hazing in fraternities and sororities, sports teams, marching bands, the military, and beyond. Hurt, who belongs to a fraternity himself, talks to members of Black and historically white Greek-letter organizations and other groups that practice hazing, and gives voice to survivors of severe initiation rituals and the families of young people who died from being hazed. Expertly weaving these moving first-hand testimonies with insights from violence-prevention experts and campus professional staff, the film provides a nuanced and empathetic portrait of a culture that often confers a sense of belonging even as it too often leads to violence, sexual degradation, binge drinking, institutional coverups, and debased notions of manhood. HAZING is an extraordinary teaching tool for educators and advocates working to reform hazing culture and combat violence – especially those interested in bystander-based violence prevention and larger institutional, social, and cultural issues involving race, gender, identity, alienation, and belonging.

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ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Byron Hurt is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Byron’s acclaimed documentaries: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes and Soul Food Junkies aired on PBS’ Emmy award-winning series, Independent Lens. Hazing aired on Independent Lens in September 2022. His next film, Looking for Lee and Liza (wt) will air on PBS NOVA in 2023.

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The African Diaspora Film Club is presented in partnership with Black Public Media

Black Public Media (BPM), formerly known as National Black Programming Consortium develops, produces, funds, and distributes media content about the African American and global Black experience. Our mission is to commit to a fully realized expression of democracy and we accomplish this by supporting diverse voices through training, education, and investment in visionary content makers.

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For 40 years, BPM has addressed the needs of unserved and underserved audiences. BPM continues to address historical, contemporary, and systemic challenges that traditionally impede the development and distribution of black stories.

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