• Ask a civil rights activist or speaker to connect the movie to a relevant issue in today’s society.
• Partner with your campus’s diversity club or black student group to lead the discussion after the screening and share information about campus diversity efforts.
• Partner with your campus’ Black Student Union to host this impactful showing. Consider combining resources to invite a prominent speaker to share their thoughts before the film, or lead the discussion afterward.
• Pair your showing with a town hall-style meeting with school leaders so anyone can raise concerns regarding issues of race and discuss ideas for making your campus more inclusive.
• Conduct a workshop on ways to build empathy and understanding to help students see the other side of things in both their personal and professional lives.

"In celebration of Black History Month, the Eagle Diversity Education Center hosted a Black History Month (BHM): Film and Discussion Series cosponsored with Campus Activities Board for the second consecutive year. For this year’s BHM film and discussion series, we showed the following films for our campus community: ‘Harriet,’ ‘The Best of Enemies,’ and ‘Queen & Slim.’ We believe films are great visual aids to understand historical events. After each film, we have a facilitated discussion for those who decide to stay after the film.  The discussion provides a platform for people to process their thoughts and engage in a dialogue on the film. Although everyone has watched the same film, the impact it has on a person is influenced by their experiences, beliefs, knowledge, worldviews, etc. brought with them to the event.”

– Morehead State University

“We showed ‘Straight Outta Compton’ and paired it with an outside diversity speaker. It was a huge hit and I'm thankful Swank was able to offer the program at a reasonable cost. Such a great event!”

– North Central College

“We collaborated with our Center for Multicultural Education to provide a student panel over the topic ‘Depiction of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in the Media.’ I had eight different panelists representing various cultural organizations, and the panel went about an hour and a half and was an awesome eye-opening experience. ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ was shown afterward, and I heard great things.”

– University of Northern Iowa

 “We hosted a discussion after showing ‘Chi-Raq’ during Black History Month, which was incredibly impactful. We promoted the event as part of a Black History month display in the student union.”

– University of New Orleans

“We hosted a social justice film and discussion series from February to March featuring ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.’ We had a panel of faculty from our Engineering Science Transfer program, and we were even able to showcase Henrietta Lacks’ cells at the event (courtesy of our biology department), so students could understand that Henrietta was a real person who made tremendous breakthroughs in medical history.”

– Springfield Technical Community College