kicking off the 2013 WGHS using an imagined work

"Coffy," a 1973 film starring Pam Grier, traces the experiences of a female vigilante. This motion picture was released in the period known as the blaxploitation period and thus, is fitting as a 2013 WGHS kick-off event. But was this movie and era entirely exploitative? If so, for whom and why, are questions worth exploring. Movie Screening Showtime: 5 pm Where: Activities and Recreation Center (aka the ARC) University of Illinois, 201 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, (217) 333-3806, Free Pizza served. Come see this show before Dr. Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights activist Medger Evers, speaks at 7:30 pm in Foellinger Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Her talk is part of the University's Sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation Events. There will also be performances by the University of Illinois Black Choir, Dr. Ollie Watts Davis, conductor; the Women’s Glee Club, Dr. Andrea Solyea, conductor; Dr. Casey Robards, piano; and the University of Illinois Wind Symphony.