University of Illinois Press Events Calendar

Join Mia Mask, author and season programmer at the British Film Institute, and special guests for a discussion about African American westerns, their rich cinematic history and their visual culture. She will open with an illustrated presentation tracing the evolution of Black westerns and the African American western hero. She will be then joined by academic Clive Chijioke Nwonka for a conversation about key films, actors and themes present in the season. The conversation will be hosted by Ellen E Jones, film & TV journalist, and author of Screen Deep.

The event will be followed by a book signing of Mask’s book Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western.