SCREENING, PUBLIC LECTURE & RECEPTION
Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 2, 2023, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
University of California, Los Angeles

SCREENING
August 1
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. screening of Talking Leaves and Q&A with Shubigi Rao

LECTURE AND RECEPTION
August 2
5:30–6:30 p.m. talk in Moore Hall 100
6:30–7:30 p.m. reception in SEIS

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Co-sponsored by Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies

Screening of Talking Leaves

Talking Leaves spans multiple sites across the world to form a polyvocal, mythopoetic film about the censorshipof books, destruction of libraries, assaults on knowledge and free press, and the loss of languages in embattled communities. Duration: 90 Minutes.

Lecture: Banishment and Resistance: A Brief Primer

A lecture exploring the connective circuitry between artists, writers, printers, academics, bibliophiles, shadow library activists, librarians and other cultural custodians, and various defenders and supporters of print, speech, and open access to knowledge. Reception to follow.