Film: "Flame" (1996) with Simon Bright and Ingrid Sinclair (CAS MillerComm Lecture Series)
- Event Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
- Time: 5:00 pm–7:00 pm (CDT)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
Ingrid Sinclair’s feature-length film Flame (1996) tells the story of two young African women who join the liberation struggle for Zimbabwe in the 1970s. The film follows Flame and Liberty as they are faced with sexual harassment by male freedom fighters and later, by the patriarchy of the newly liberated Zimbabwe. Flame was a Cannes Film Festival selection and winner of many international awards including the Human Rights Watch Nestor Almendros Award. The film was initially banned and then subjected to censorship in Zimbabwe itself.
Professor Terri Barnes (History) and Producer Simon Bright will join the filmmaker in a discussion following the screening.
Co-sponsor: Center for Advanced Study
Contact
For further information on this event, contact Center for Advanced Study at cas@illinois.edu (email link).
All are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.