UCLA School of Law - Film Screening: Free Renty

Please join UCLA Law's Ziffren Institute, Critical Race Studies Program, David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law & Policy, along with the Documentary Film Legal Clinic and the Black
Law Students Association for a special screening of the film FREE RENTY.

FREE RENTY tells the story of Tamara Lanier, an African American woman determined to force Harvard University to cede possession of daguerreotype images of her great-great-great grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty. The daguerreotypes were commissioned in 1850 by a Harvard professor to "prove" the superiority of the white race. The images remain emblematic of America’s failure to acknowledge the cruelty of slavery, the racist science that supported it and the white supremacy that continues to infect our society today. David Grubin's important documentary chronicles a historic lawsuit brought by Lanier against Harvard University and raises critical questions about restitution and reparations, which will be further explored in a discussion with the filmmaker and UCLA faculty and experts.

5:30-6:00p Refreshments
6:00-7:30p Film Screening
7:30-8:30p Discussion
8:30-9:15p Networking & Boxed Dinner Provided
Speakers: LaToya Baldwin Clark, Assistant Professor of Law; David Grubin, Filmmaker; Boyin Lam UCLA Law Alum and Documentary Legal Film Clinician

Moderated by: Jasleen Kohli, Executive Director, Critical Race Studies Program; Karin Wang, Executive Director at Epstein Program, Public Interest Law & Policy