The Spook Who Sat by the Door: Screening and presentation by Sohail Daulatzai 11/2 6pm at George's

​Dr. Daulatzi ​is Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies and African American Studies School of Humanities at the University of California​ Irvine​.

 

Sohail Daulatzai works at the intersection of art, politics, and culture. He's the author of Black Star, Crescent Moon: The Muslim International and Black Freedom Beyond America (2012​)​ and co-editor of ​Born To Use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic ​(2009)​. He is the curator of the exhibit Return of the Mecca: The Art of Islam and Hip-Hop, and editor of the limited edition, companion commemorative book of the same name, which includes an interview with Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), essays by Chuck D and Sohail Daulatzai, the work of Jamel Shabazz, Ernie Paniccioli, and others, as well as album cover art, photography, flyers, and other ephemera. He wrote liner notes for the 2012 release of Sony Legacy’s 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set of Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled debut album, the liner notes for the DVD release of Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme and the centerpiece in the museum catalog Movement: Hip-Hop in L.A., 1980s–Now, and his work has appeared in The Nation, Counterpunch, Al Jazeera, and Souls.

 

Sohail is also the founder of Groundings, a conversation series that has featured Yasiin Bey, Immortal Technique, Chuck D, Rosa Clemente, Brother Ali, dream hampton, Robin D.G. Kelley and Jasiri X. For more of his work visit returnofthemecca.com and openedveins.com.  ​ 

 

This Global Film Club program is presented in coordination with African and African American Studies, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Education, Students Against Israeli Apartheid, Film and Media Studies, and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown.