12 Years A Slave: Important Film or One Too Many Movies About Slavery?

We begin with a discussion of the film 12 Years A Slave. We’re joined by:

Dr. Ray Winbush, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University;
Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, Assistant Professor of Communication and Affiliate Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland;
Ann Hornaday, film critic for the Washington Post;
and Dr. Heather Harris, Assistant Professor of Business Communication at Stevenson University and co-editor of The Obama Effect: Multidisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Campaign.