F2G. “If Capitalism Don’t Kill Me, Racism Will!” (Amira Baraka) American Voices on Race, Class, and Resistance Through Film and Poetry
Art, Music & Theater | Registration opens 2/25/2026 9:00 AM
How do American film and poetry engage with issues of race and social class? This course explores that question through American feature films, documentaries, and poetry. Each session features two films (one feature and one documentary) available on major platforms (at a nominal fee), along with two online poems (links will be provided) to supplement the discussion of the films.
- Photo courtesy of the Presenter
Peter Scheckner
Presenter
Peter Scheckner, PhD, (LLI) retired professor of literature, Ramapo College of NJ, did his undergraduate work at Bard College. His publications include American War Cinema and Media Since Vietnam: Politics, Ideology, and Class (2013), co-author Patricia Keeton; The Way We Work: Contemporary Writings from the American Workplace (2008) co-editor, M.C. Boyes; An Anthology of Chartist Poetry: Poetry of the British Working Class, 1830s-1850s (1989); and Class, Politics, and the Individual: A Study of the Major Works of D. H. Lawrence (1985).