Academic and Scholarly Events

  • 9/9 Film: Little White Lie

     

    Little White Lie: A Film about Dual Identity and Family Secrets

    Wednesday September 9, 2015

    4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

    Dodd Center, Konover Auditorium 

     

    Little White Lie tells Lacey Schwartz's story of growing up in a typical middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity — that is until she discovers that her biological father is actually a black man with whom her mother had an affair. What defines our identity, our family of origin or the family that raises us? How do we come to terms with the sins and mistakes of our parents? Lacey discovers that answering those questions means understanding her parents’ own stories as well as her own. She pieces together her family history and the story of her dual identity using home videos, archival footage, interviews, and episodes from her own life. Little White Lie is a personal documentary about the legacy of family secrets, denial, and redemption.

    A Q and A Discussion will follow the film.

    This event is sponsored by the Africana Studies Institute

    For more information, contact: Amanda Cannada at africana@uconn.edu or 860-486-3630