Documentary Screening: The Color of Care
Monday, October 21, 6:00 p.m. CT
Room 241, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center/One Magnolia Circle Building
Co-sponsored by Family Voices of Tennessee and the Tennessee Justice Center. Dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m., with the film screening beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Advance registration is appreciated. Please RSVP here by Oct. 14.*
Description:The Color of Care chronicles how people of color suffer from systemically substandard health care in the United States, with a pressing focus on how the COVID-19 pandemic shed light on the tragic consequences of that inequity. Executive producer Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions and the Smithsonian Channel have teamed up on this project, which traces the origins of this systemic inequity to practices that first emerged during slavery in the United States. Watch the first trailer here.
There will be a brief Q&A session following the screening, moderated by Tonya Bowman from Family Voices of Tennessee and Chanda Freeman from the Tennessee Justice Center.
This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested. Click on the RSVP link* by Oct. 14.
*Requests for ASL interpretation for the Q&A session following the screening require at least two weeks advance notice. Please RSVP before Oct. 7 if this service is needed.