To the editor:
“Have you ever known anyone named Grace Lee?” (There are many more than you might imagine.) And then, “How would you describe her.” (Most said, …
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To the editor:
“Have you ever known anyone named Grace Lee?” (There are many more than you might imagine.) And then, “How would you describe her.” (Most said, “Quiet, nice, smart….”)
When Korean filmmaker Grace Lee first became aware of how many other people had been given her same name, she began asking these and other questions. The result is her 2005 film The Grace Lee Project. It’s a fascinating study that ultimately led to the film we will be showing this month.
Join the Barrington Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee in collaboration with the Barrington Public Library for two showings of the documentary film “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs” — on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. and Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library’s Salem Family Auditorium. The film tells the story of another Grace Lee, a principled Chinese American woman who immersed herself in social activism for more than 70 years.
Each showing will be followed by a discussion with a Member of the DEI Committee. We are also proud to welcome Yu Yang, a native of China, trained in medicine and scientific research and currently a yoga teacher, and her daughter Mia He, a junior at Barrington High School with an impressive resume of her own — both to join us. Together, Yu and Mia will facilitate the Sunday afternoon discussion.
On Wednesday evening, we proudly welcome Dr. Qi Chen, born in Beijing in the 1980’s, to lead our post-film discussion. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Chen moved to the U.S. to pursue graduate studies in 2006. She and her family lived in New York, Boston, Albuquerque, San Diego and Seattle before settling down in Barrington in 2018. As a first-generation immigrant, Dr. Chen has a “comprehensively hybrided background” in both Chinese and American cultures.
About the Documentary: What does it mean to be an American Revolutionary today? Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese American woman in Detroit, who died in Oct. 2015 at 100 years old, has a surprising vision of revolution. A writer, activist, and philosopher rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompassed the contradictions of America’s past and its potentially radical future. This Peabody Award-winning documentary plunges us into Boggs’ lifelong practice of igniting community dialogue and action, work that traverses the major U.S. social movements of the last century: from labor to civil rights, to Black Power, feminism, the Asian American and environmental justice movements and beyond.
2014 - 1 hr 24 mins - Color - Not Rated
Free and open to adults and teens. Registration is recommended but not required.
Plan to register online or call the library at 401-247-1920 ext. 7.
We hope to see you there!
A. Larry Berren
Barrington
Berren wrote this letter on behalf of the Barrington Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.