In Dialogue

  • Oct 27
    Confronting Misinformation: Bringing Lessons from Black Women’s Digital Resistance into Practice

    Andrene Wright-Johnson

    The Phillips Lounge, Ogg Residence Hall

    Join The SoulFolk Collective for their monthly Cookies with the Collective workshop series. Andrene Wright-Johnson is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison whose research examines Black political behavior and urban politics at the intersection of race, gender, and class. Her current book project, Close to Power, examines the political …

  • Oct 28
    Building a career in filmmaking (In Dialogue)

    J.M. Harper

    3204 Levy Hall

    Join Emmy-nominated filmmaker, J.M. Harper, for a discussion on building a career in the film industry. This interdisciplinary monthly series, hosted by the Department of African American Studies at UW–Madison, invites undergraduate and graduate students to join scholars, artists, and writers who are working with and at the intersection of Black studies. In dialogue, speakers …

  • Oct 29
    “Soul Patrol” Screening feat. J.M. Harper and Jesse Lewis

    J.M. Harper and Jesse Lewis

    4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706

    USA | 2026 | DCP| 100 mins. Director: J.M. Harper As a teenager, Ed Emanuel enlisted in the U.S. Army only to find himself in Vietnam questioning what it meant to fight for freedom abroad while Black Americans continued to struggle for equality at home. In Soul Patrol, Emanuel reunites the surviving members of Company …

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