Africana Studies and Research Center, Multipurpose Room
ICM Film Series
- Screening of Every Cook Can Govern: The Life, Impact & Works of C.L.R. James (dir. Ceri Dingle, 2016): 4pm-6pm
- Panel Discussion of film, including discussion of the life and work of C.L.R. James with GRANT FARRED and ANNA GRIMSHAW : 6pm-7:30pm
"Every Cook Can Govern": The Life, Impact & Works of C.L.R. James is a feature film that interweaves never-before-seen footage of C.L.R. James himself with personal contributions from those who knew him and astute historical and political analysis from leading scholars of his work. The result is an epic feature-length documentary which grapples with issues from colonialism to cricket, from slavery to Shakespeare, from Marxism to the movies and from reading to revolution. The film’s unique production history – crowd-funded, crowd-featured and crowd-filmed with over 200 volunteer camera operators, presenters and researchers – does credit to James’ conviction that every cook can govern. (source: film website)
GRANT FARRED is a Professor of Africana Studies and English at Cornell University and has written several books, including Midfielder's Moment: Coloured Literature and Culture in Contemporary South Africa (1999), What's My Name? Black Vernacular Intellectuals (2003), Long Distance Love: A Passion for Football (2008), Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest: The Event of the Athletic Body (2014) and, most recently, The Burden of Over-Representation: Race, Sport & Philosophy (2018). Dr. Farred also was the editor of Rethinking CLR James (1996).
ANNA GRIMSHAW is a Professor of Anthropology at Emory University. Notably, she served as assistant and editor to the Caribbean writer and historian C.L.R. James for nearly a decade. She is well known for her many publications associated with C.L.R. James, and edited and introduced A Majestic Innings: writings on Cricket (2006), The C.L.R. James Reader (1992), Special Delivery: Letters from C.L.R. James to Constance Webb, 1938-1947 (1996) and C.L.R. James's American Civilization (1993; with Keith Hart). Visual anthropology (including documentary studies) is now her primary field of inquiry.
This event is free and open to the public. If you need accommodations to participate in this event, please contact icm@cornell.edu as soon as possible.
