FLAG
WARS
SCREENING & DISCUSSION WITH FILMMAKER LINDA GOODE BRYANT
Commentator: Professor Eric Avila (Chicana/o
Studies and History, UCLA)
 Wednesday, February 25, 2004
6:00-8:30 pm.
School of Law, Room 1357
Please join us for a screening of an award-winning documentary on "the pain and
politics of gentrification," followed by a discussion with filmmaker Linda Goode
Bryant and UCLA Professor Eric Avila.
Flag Wars is a poignant 90-minute account of economic competition
between two historically oppressed groups. The setting could be any city with a
once stable working and middle class black community, now aging and economically
depressed, in danger of losing control of their neighborhoods to gentrification.
In the case of Columbus, Ohio, the new home buyers are largely white and gay.
The resulting conflicts are a case study of differences in perception. The
events in Flag Wars unfold against a backdrop of racism, homophobia, and
tensions between privilege and poverty. Flag Wars explores the complexity
of gentrification, and the contradictions between intention and result, belief
and action. It goes beyond merely assigning blame or labeling people as "good
guys" or "bad guys" to examine the relationship between housing, heritage, and
public policy.
"There are no good guys and bad guys in 'Flag Wars', only competing
interpretations of the American Dream..." - Rachel Proctor, The Austin
Chronicle
Reception to follow.
General registration is free. Parking at UCLA costs $7.
Sponsored by Critical Race Studies and the Williams Project on Sexual
Orientation Law
Click here to download Flag Wars
event flier.
More about the making of
Flag Wars and the filmmakers.
REGISTRATION
This event is free and open to the public. However,
space is limited. We therefore request that you register
in advance. Please RSVP via
the webform below or RSVP to the UCLA Office of Events at (310) 825-0971 or via
e-mail at events@law.ucla.edu.
DIRECTIONS AND PARKING:
Take the 405 San Diego Freeway to Sunset Blvd., and then head east on Sunset
Blvd. Next, turn right on Hilgard Ave. and then turn right on Westholme. Parking
is available in Parking Lot 2 on the UCLA campus for $7.00. You can purchase a
parking pass from the Parking Kiosk just inside the UCLA campus on Westholme.
Walk north to the UCLA School of Law. Room 1357 is on the first floor of the
building's main hallway.
THE CHARLES R. WILLIAMS PROJECT ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION LAW
The Charles R. Williams Project on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy is a
national think tank dedicated to the field of sexual orientation law and public
policy. It advances law and public policy through rigorous, independent research
and scholarship. The Williams Project was founded in the fall of 2001, through a
gift of philanthropist, educator, and businessman, Charles R. Williams. For more
information about the Williams Project contact:
The Williams Project
UCLA School of Law
Box 951476
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476
www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute
Phone (310) 267-4382
Fax : (310) 825-6023
E-mail: williamsinstitute@law.ucla.edu
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