Sonali Chakravarti

1 month ago | publicseminar.org | Claire Potter |Sonali Chakravarti |Sophie Lewis |Natasha Lennard

On November 14, 1960, 6-year-old Tessie Prevost woke up and put on one of her prettiest dresses. Like Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Ruby Bridges, Tessie was a very special little girl. Along with hundreds of other Black children, the New Orleans Four, as they would forever be known, had taken a test. The test was devised by the Louisiana Pupil Placement Board after Brown v. Board of Education had declared separate but equal schools unconstitutional.

1 month ago | publicseminar.org | Sonali Chakravarti |Federico Finchelstein |Pamela Ballinger |Jacob Walters

Fernanda Torres as Eunice in I’m Still Here | Image: Adrian Teijido / Courtesy of Sony Pictures ClassicsPut on earrings. Go out for ice cream. Swim. Expose the conditions of torture. For Eunice Paiva, the protagonist of 2024 Brazilian film I’m Still Here, the fight against dictatorship has a rhythm. After being interrogated about her association with communists and terrorists, she must now try to find out where her husband is detained and work with a lawyer to get him our.