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KICKIN' SCIENCE:
AN EVENING WITH MELVIN VAN PEEBLES

Melvin Van PeeblesJoin world-renowned filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles for a

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Friday, February 1, 2002 8:00 PM Jordan Hall A100

Reception Co-sponsored by Office of Multicultural Affairs immediately following

Program note:

alt="WatermelonMan A278 - Contemporary Black Film - special screening of Watermelon Man (1970)

A white middle-class business man wakes up one morning
transformed into a black man. His new sunlamp plays a
trick and he has to face a shocked (albeit liberal) wife,
kids, angry neighbors, cold colleagues, and a backseat on the bus.

Liner notes, © Columbia Pictures

Tuesday, January 29, 2002 7:00 PM Myers Hall 130 - west of Jordan Hall

These events are free and open to the public.