Courtesy of the Black Film Center/Archive (BFC/A)… news you can use, especially if you like in the Bloomington, IN area.

This should be very worthwhile, in light of continuous conversations about representation right here on this blog:

On Friday, October 26th, at 4PM, visiting scholar Jacqueline Stewart will present the 2012 James Naremore Lecture at IU Cinema, “The Films of Spencer Williams: A Comic History of Race Movies.”

Stewart, an Associate Professor of Radio/Film/Television and African American Studies at Northwestern University, and author of the award-winning Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity, will survey the filmmaking career of Spencer Williams (1893-1969) and discuss the integral role and social impact of comedy in these early Black-cast films. The comic elements of race movies, ranging in approach from parody to slapstick and stand-up, have been overlooked by scholars, among whom a greater focus has been placed on the Black-cast melodrama and its response to racial stereotyping.

For the rest of the story, including the full event description, location, and more, click HERE.