Mean Streets Screenings - Q&A Clips
8 videos • 25 views • by WashU Film & Media Archive “Mean Streets: Viewing the Divided City Through the Lens of Film and Television” was presented as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) Nov. 3-13, 2016 and included screenings of narrative and documentary works that addressed the strong intersections between racial divisions and urban spaces. These 15 programs comprising 22 films were accompanied by discussions with filmmakers, film subjects, Washington University and outside scholars, and national cultural critics, followed by Q&As with the audience. Presented here are excerpts and clips from some of the Q&A sessions that were part of the program. “Mean Streets" was a collaboration among Cinema St. Louis, Washington University Libraries, the Missouri History Museum, and Washington University’s Sam Fox School’s College of Architecture, with the participation of faculty from many Washington University programs and departments, including American Culture Studies, African and African-American Studies, Performing Arts, Political Science, History, and German and Jewish Studies. “Mean Streets” was part of “The Divided City” initiative, a joint project of Washington University’s Center for the Humanities and the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design. “The Divided City” is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.