2016 Director's Dialogue on Art and Social Change: Culture, Ethics, and Controversy

http://wexarts.org: A thoughtful discussion on matters of race, gender, consent and contemporary culture prompted by the release of Nate Parker's film "The Birth of a Nation" and the media coverage of sexual assault charges filed against Parker in 1999, while he was a college student. Moderated by Jennifer Beard, director of The Women's Place, the conversation featured thoughtful insights from panelists Wendy G. Smooth, associate professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Joni Boyd Acuff, assistant professor in the Department of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy; and Leslie Alexander, associate professor in the Department of African American and African Studies.