The film Crash, nominated for six Academy Awards, has been described by some critics as “one of the finest American movies to engage our diverse richness and our casual and not-so-casual ethnic hostility” and by others as “a gross oversimplification of a serious issue that exploits every stereotype imaginable.”
The film is an ensemble piece that interweaves the lives of nine different sets of characters over a 36-hour period in contemporary Los Angeles. “Crash is about the rage and foolishness produced by intolerance, the mutual abrasions of white, black, Latino, Middle Eastern, and Asian citizens in an urban pot in which nothing melts” writes David Denby of The New Yorker.
Panelists:
Lawrence D. Bobo, Director of CCSRE (Sociology)
Hazel Markus, Co-Director of RICSRE (Psychology)
Paula Moya, Former Undergraduate Program Director and Chair of CSRE (English)
Moderator:
Al Camarillo, Co-Director of RICSRE (History)
Light refreshments will be served.