When: Tuesday, February 1, 2005 8:00 p.m.
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Where: Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
(on the campus of Morehouse College)
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Who: Spike Lee, Dr. Herbert L. Eichelberger, associate professor of film, Clark Atlanta University, and Dr. Beverly Guy Sheftall, director, Women's Research and Resource Center, Spelman College
Moderated by: Christopher Farley, Time Magazine
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**This special symposium will center around the challenges and opportunities facing African Americans in the entertainment industry. A retrospective of Lee's films and his role in launching and enhancing the careers of such acclaimed actors as Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, Samuel L. Jackson, Halle Berry, Regina Taylor, Tishsa Campbell, among others, will be discussed.
