Film Screening – “Compensation”

Address

2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA

Dates and Times

March 12, 2026, at 7 p.m.

Collaborators

• Director: Zeinabu irene Davis
• Film Writer: Marc Arthur Chéry
• Post-screening Discussion Participant: Quinta Seward (UC Berkeley Coordinator of the Language Exchange Program)
• Actors: Michelle A. Banks and John Earl Jelks

Activity Description

This event features a screening of the 1999 film "Compensation." The film tells two Chicago love stories set almost a century apart, exploring the transient nature of love and life while highlighting the persistent challenges of race and racism over a century. Both stories feature a deaf woman and a hearing man, played by the same actors, who confront the threat of death from tuberculosis in one narrative and AIDS in the other. The film is inspired by a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar. A discussion with Director Zeinabu irene Davis, Film Writer Marc Arthur Chéry, and UC Berkeley Coordinator of the Language Exchange Program Quinta Seward will follow the screening.

Accessibility

For access coordination, contact Jim Sugarman at [email protected] or 510.642.0808.