{"id":77148,"date":"2021-02-18T14:16:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?p=77148"},"modified":"2021-02-18T15:05:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T23:05:22","slug":"reading-black-screenwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/reading-black-screenwriters\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Black Screenwriters: Â鶹´«Ã½ Screenwriting Course Creates Safe Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4ykj694-8774fbaf2ec1346efbe6b7340e572cd8\">\n.avia-section.av-4ykj694-8774fbaf2ec1346efbe6b7340e572cd8{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1' aria-label='Â鶹´«Ã½ Digital Cinema Stories - Reading Black Screenwriters - Intro Section' class='avia-section av-4ykj694-8774fbaf2ec1346efbe6b7340e572cd8 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  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class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-af2ee4d4838a2aa64a5cc0452ecd633b av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock  top-30 av-inherit-size av-linked-heading'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Reading Black Screenwriters<\/h1><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p><em>Â鶹´«Ã½ Screenwriting Course Creates Safe Space for Deep Learning on Equity and Diversity<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-js26a39q-94b38af98eb913c9a2b82a97fb6b9dde '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In the wake of a year of national protest grounded in issues of equity and diversity, the Digital Cinema faculty at Â鶹´«Ã½ took an opportunity to quickly respond to current events and launch an innovative course on Black screenwriting in Fall 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor Andrew Gay and adjunct instructor Kim Euell co-taught the special section of DCIN 399 \u2014 Reading Black Screenwriters. Euell is a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Writer&#8217;s Group and a freelance playwright and dramaturg in Ashland.<\/p>\n<p>Students took on critical readings of five films written by Black creators, and also established a classroom culture that embraced complexity and close personal connections, even in a remote instructional format.<\/p>\n<p>Although the course had the capacity to admit more, 10 students ended up enrolling, and the small size contributed to the quality of the learning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wish every class could be this way,&#8221; Gay said. &#8220;The safety and intimacy of the group was the most special part of this experience. The students were incredibly generous with one another, open and willing to dig into very difficult material, both in the films and scripts we were analyzing and also in drawing connections to their own personal lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Three factors helped Reading Black Screenwriters take root during the Summer of 2020. First, Gay taught a screenwriting course over the summer, and several students voiced their interest in reading and analyzing full-length screenplays. Second, Gay received Euell&#8217;s CV for consideration as an adjunct instructor. And, third, the death of George Floyd and other Black Americans at the hands of police ignited a widespread protest movement across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ongoing protests all over the country against race-based police brutality felt like a teaching opportunity we were missing,&#8221; Gay said. &#8220;Somehow, these three things all gelled in my head, and I thought, what if we did a course in reading Black screenwriters?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in 2020, Euell accepted a position at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival but was unfortunately furloughed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Euell hoped to teach a film course and submitted her CV to Â鶹´«Ã½. Her late partner was a screenwriter, which gave her the opportunity to learn more about the film and its connection with her theatrical work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was excited to see that many more African American filmmakers were having opportunities to bring their stories to the big screen,&#8221; Euell said. &#8220;Part of my inspiration for teaching the course grew from what has been occurring with the Black Lives Matter movement. 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Basketball by Gina Prince-Blythewood<\/li>\n<li>Moonlight by Barry Jenkins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students participated in class by reading and annotating each of the five scripts and watching the films. &#8220;We alternated back and forth between them reading the script first and watching the film and watching the film before analyzing the script,&#8221; Gay explained.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kaehn766-c6d138efc13c589b1c020ceaf607cfb6\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kaehn766-c6d138efc13c589b1c020ceaf607cfb6 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kaehn766-c6d138efc13c589b1c020ceaf607cfb6 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kaehn766-c6d138efc13c589b1c020ceaf607cfb6 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-12'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/Banner-Belle-Film-by-Misan-Sagay-Digital-Cinema-Stories-DCIN399-Reading-Black-Screenwriters-Â鶹´«Ã½.webp 1000w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/Banner-Belle-Film-by-Misan-Sagay-Digital-Cinema-Stories-DCIN399-Reading-Black-Screenwriters-Â鶹´«Ã½-300x169.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/Banner-Belle-Film-by-Misan-Sagay-Digital-Cinema-Stories-DCIN399-Reading-Black-Screenwriters-Â鶹´«Ã½-768x433.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/Banner-Belle-Film-by-Misan-Sagay-Digital-Cinema-Stories-DCIN399-Reading-Black-Screenwriters-Â鶹´«Ã½-705x398.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/Banner-Belle-Film-by-Misan-Sagay-Digital-Cinema-Stories-DCIN399-Reading-Black-Screenwriters-Â鶹´«Ã½.jpg\" height=\"564\" width=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/Banner-Belle-Film-by-Misan-Sagay-Digital-Cinema-Stories-DCIN399-Reading-Black-Screenwriters-Â鶹´«Ã½.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/Banner-Belle-Film-by-Misan-Sagay-Digital-Cinema-Stories-DCIN399-Reading-Black-Screenwriters-Â鶹´«Ã½-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/Banner-Belle-Film-by-Misan-Sagay-Digital-Cinema-Stories-DCIN399-Reading-Black-Screenwriters-Â鶹´«Ã½-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/Banner-Belle-Film-by-Misan-Sagay-Digital-Cinema-Stories-DCIN399-Reading-Black-Screenwriters-Â鶹´«Ã½-705x398.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" class=\"wp-image-77156 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-77156 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Banner Belle Film by Misan Sagay Digital Cinema Stories DCIN399 Reading Black Screenwriters Â鶹´«Ã½\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-js26a39q-94b38af98eb913c9a2b82a97fb6b9dde '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The class also hosted guest speakers, including Sagay, the second woman of color and first African selected to join the writers&#8217; branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Sagay&#8217;s &#8220;Belle&#8221;, was inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay and an enslaved African woman known as Maria Belle.<\/p>\n<p>Â鶹´«Ã½&#8217;s DCIN faculty adopted the EDIT 10 Media pledge this year, which calls for media production faculty to adopt best practices to expand equity, diversity, and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>EDIT Media (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Teaching Media) devised the national initiative, which emerged from the Gender Caucus and Diversity and Inclusion Caucus of the University Film and Video Association. 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