Is education truly “the great equalizer”? Who is left out of that vision? How can education be used as a tool for liberation-- or oppression? This winter, Cinema 53 curator Eve L. Ewing unpacks the sordid story of race and education, and imagines the future of American schooling. Tonight, Ewing hosts a screening of The Graduates/Los Graduados (Bernardo Ruiz, 2013, 120 min). In this award-winning story of what it takes to graduate, six Latinx high schoolers from across the US describe the barriers they face while pursuing their academic goals. Film followed by conversation with Bernardo Ruiz, two-time Emmy Award nominated documentary filmmaker and a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Cinema 53 is a screening and discussion series presenting conversation-provoking films by and about women and people of color. Curated by Arts + Public Life director Jacqueline Stewart.

Free and open to the public. Find out more here.