2008 Woodie Awards
Center for Culture Gender and Sexuality film fest
Angela Purcaro
Issue date: 2/14/07 Section: Entertainment
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CCGS will show films that highlight such topics as same-sex/gendered marriage, multiple identities, media and sexual violence.
CCGS is a program that gives the students, staff and faculty a chance to learn about themselves, each other and the world around them.
The center works with different departments on campus to provide educational programming through presentations, workshops and lectures.
CCGS also plays a central role on campus by working with the Center for Student Leadership, Involvement and Service (SLIS).
Together CCGS and SLIS help develop and advise student clubs that work toward making a positive social impact on the community.
According to CCGS's mission statement, located on their website at sonoma.edu/ccgs, their purpose is to create an environment of mutual appreciation, respect and understanding.
It is their hope that the films screened throughout the semester will spark a dialog amongst students that would increase awareness and education on campus.
The film that will be shown in the Student Union, this Thursday the 15th, will be "Lost Boys of Sudan."
This Emmy-nominated documentary follows two Sudanese boys on their journey from Africa to America. The film follows their struggles through one of Africa's harshest civil wars and through their difficult assimilation into American society.
Since its release, "Lost Boys of Sudan" has been a very eye opening film. The film has been able to raise awareness of the crisis in Darfur, as well as raise funds for the crisis and create political action.
The documentary has become an educational tool as well, being shown across the globe by Amnesty International and the United Nations.
Some of the other films that will be shown this semester include "What's Race Got to Do with it?," a documentary that chronicles the experiences of Berkeley undergraduates enrolled in a 16 week course on race and its impact on their lives.
"Killing Us Softly 3," a film that discusses the way women are portrayed in the media and its affects on their self images.
"Transparent," a documentary that looks at 19 different transsexuals who have given birth and gone on to raise their biological children.