CIFF Streams is proud to partner with the 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards to curate virtual screenings of racial equity-focused films. Screenings will take place during Anisfield-Wolf Book Week, September 29 – October 4, 2020.
Films will be available on multiple days throughout the week, with feature films offering post-film pre-recorded moderated conversations.Each conversation will include closed captioning and a sign language interpreter. Please check the CIFF Streams + Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards website for information on which films will have closed captioning available. CIFF Streams + Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards film events are free and open to the public, but registration is required.
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 85 years, the prize has honored seminal writings, including books by Zora Neale Hurston, Gunnar Myrdal, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison, Martin Luther King Jr., Toni Morrison, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, Isabel Wilkerson, Wole Soyinka, Junot Diaz, Derek Walcott, Isabel Allende and Jericho Brown. Presented by the Cleveland Foundation, it remains the only American book prize focusing on works that address racism and the rich scope of human diversity.
Cleveland Book Week, entering its fifth year, is anchored by the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and welcomes thousands of participants to engage with the books and ideas that build racial and civic justice. This year is the first to braid film into a week of potent anti-racist storytelling that also serves to heighten our grasp of the rich diversity of human cultures.
For full information on CIFF Streams + Anisfield-Wolf Book Award films,click HERE.
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Tickets to CIFF Streams film events that are part of CIFF Streams + Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards are FREE!
Click the link under each film event’s description to register via Eventbrite. Please note: each film event must be registered for separately. For a list of all CIFF Streams + Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards film events on Eventbrite, visit HERE.
Email: streams@clevelandfilm.org
2020/09/29 - 2020/10/04
Additional time info:
Registration for film events opens on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 11:00 AM ET and closes at 9:00 PM ET on each scheduled film event date. If you register for a film event prior to the scheduled release date, you will receive an Eventbrite order confirmation email within a few minutes of registering and an Eventbrite event reminder email on the day before the scheduled film event is released. By 9:00 AM ET on the day of the scheduled film event, you will receive a virtual access email with a voucher code for streaming films on Roku or Apple TV and an access link for streaming the film on all other devices.
If you register for a CIFF Streams + Anisfield Wolf Book Awards film event on the same date it is released, you will receive your virtual access email within a few minutes of registering.
While each film event must be registered for by 9:00 PM ET on its scheduled release date, you will have until 11:00 PM ET to stream the film and post-film conversation with filmmakers and subjects (if applicable). Please check spam/junk folders for email confirmations if you haven’t received your virtual access email.
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