{"id":10098,"date":"2017-11-02T12:20:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/pick-of-the-week-within-our-gates-presentations-on-friday-nov-3\/"},"modified":"2017-11-02T12:20:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T16:20:10","slug":"pick-of-the-week-within-our-gates-presentations-on-friday-nov-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/pick-of-the-week-within-our-gates-presentations-on-friday-nov-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick of the Week: &#8220;Within Our Gates&#8221; presentations on Friday, Nov. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Times Union<\/em> selected William Hooker drumming a score to the silent film, &#8220;Within Our Gates,&#8221; as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/living\/article\/Picks-of-the-week-12324289.php#photo-14467693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pick of the Week<\/a> in its weekly arts and culture Preview magazine.<\/p>\n<p>This unique presentation certainly warrants special attention. The film is the oldest known surviving film by an African-American film maker, the acclaimed Oscar Micheaux, and depicts the hardships and amazing reversals of fortune a black schoolteacher experiences on a journey north to raise funds for her school. Despite the director&#8217;s graphic depictions of racial injustice and violence, the film ultimately delivers an uplifting message of racial pride and self-respect.<\/p>\n<p>Hooker, an internationally-known jazz drummer and composer, will lead a discussion following his two performances to accompany the film at noon and 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3 in the Bulmer Telecommunications Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>The 79-minute film is not recommended for all audiences due to violent content. Presented by the Cultural Affairs Program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Thu, 02 Nov 2017 12:20:10 +0000 by\u00a0d.gardner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Times Union selected William Hooker drumming a score to the silent film, &#8220;Within Our Gates,&#8221; as a Pick&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}