{"59266":{"#nid":"59266","#data":{"type":"news","title":"LCC\u0027s Ayoka Chenzira Films Shown in London","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo short Films by Digital Media PhD student and Spellman College Professor Ayoka Chenzira \u0022Hair Piece\u0022 and \u0022Alma\u0027s Rainbow\u0022 will be shown March 28 at the 5th Annual Images of Black Women Film Festival in London.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Hair Piece\u0022 offers an animated depiction of the antics performed by many black women in an effort to control their hair. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Alma\u0027s Rainbow\u0022 is a hip urban sitcom with sepia-toned flashbacks. which recalls Spike Lee\u0027s first film, \u0022She\u0027s Gotta Have It.\u0022 The heart of the movie is the struggle between Alma and Ruby . Her live-for-the-moment manner sets an example for both mother and daughter, allowing Alma to take a Rainbow\u0027s transition from a street-dancing tomboy into a more sexually self-assured young woman.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Two short Films by Digital Media PhD student and Spellman College Professor Ayoka Chenzira \u0022Hair Piece\u0022 and \u0022Alma\u0027s Rainbow\u0022 will be shown March 28 at the 5th Annual Images of Black Women Film Festival in London.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Hair Piece\u0022 and \u0022Alma\u0027s Rainbow\u0022 will be shown"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2009-04-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:42","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.lcc.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Literature, Communication, and Culture"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.imagesofblackwomen.com\/2009\/festival%20programme.htm","title":"Black Women Film Festival in London"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"879","name":"Alma\\\u0027s Rainbow"},{"id":"877","name":"Ayoka Chenzira"},{"id":"880","name":"Black Women Film Festival"},{"id":"878","name":"Hair Piece"},{"id":"875","name":"LCC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}