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Director and actor Robert Townsend will discuss Black filmmaking with the author at the Lincoln Theatre on Sunday, Oct.

Hanif Abdurraqib, Columbus writer and recent recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship ‘genius grant,’ will speak with Haygood at the Gateway before a screening of The Man on Wednesday, Oct. He’ll also appear at a day-long immersive film program for teens at the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) that includes workshops and mentorship on Saturday, Oct.

Haygood will speak at events hosted by the Wexner Center for the Arts, Lincoln Theatre, King Arts Complex and others. He uses the films as vehicles to delve into Black culture, civil rights and racism.Ĭolumbus arts organizations have collaborated to produce a series of events that will speak to the issues addressed in Colarization, show several of the films referenced and offer opportunities for community members to engage with Haywood. Haygood, a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities, uses Colarization to examine the struggles Black artists face both in the film industry and throughout society. The book, which covers more than 100 years of film from Gone with the Wind to Black Panther, will be celebrated with a series of related events across Columbus from Oct. Will Haygood, former resident of the King-Lincoln District, will release his ninth book, Colorization: 100 Years of Black Films in a White World, on Oct.