The Diversity Films Series, a semester full of films hand-picked by Sinclair\u2019s Diversity Office started at the beginning of the semester and continues onward to the semester\u2019s end. The series features a series of film events meant to inspire debate and conversation about Sinclair\u2019s diverse community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The films, all of which deal with the human condition and diverse perspectives, are shown in building 12. They are free to students, with the intent to stimulate conversation, inspire debate and to renew in the student body that always important constant: of understanding a world unlike our own, especially of those whom we have no way or view of the perspective of, in order to create a community of inclusivity and sympathetic compassion and understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael E. Carter, Chief Diversity Officer here at Sinclair started in 2015 and the Diversity Film Series started the Spring Semester of 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe diversity film series just goes with our vision to provide activities and events that are about diversity, equity and inclusion,\u201d said Carter. \u201cSo that\u2019s a piece of what we do. We also support faculty and staff in these efforts and human resources. I often say we try to be the \u2018conscience of the college\u2019 in the diversity, equity and inclusion space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tA great many of the films have been recognized or are created by filmmakers who\u2019ve been recognized for prior achievements in their field. Starting in February, Spike Lee\u2019s \u201cBlackKkKlansman\u201d will be the next film in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tLee\u2019s \u201cBlacKkKlansman,\u201d tells the true story of Colorado Springs Officer, Ron Stallworth, and his 1978 infiltration of the local Ku Klux Klan chapter. The film is based on Stallworth\u2019s own memoir, \u201cBlack Klansman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n