Speaking Truth to Power: From Thomas to Kavanaugh
HAMMER | 7:30 p.m., Hammer Museum
Anita Hill famously spoke truth to power, a black woman recounting before a Senate committee of white men the repeated sexual harassment she endured while working with US Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Her testimony set off a political firestorm about gender, race, sexual harassment, and power that still resonates today. A screening of the documentary Anita (2013, dir. Freida Lee Mock, 77 min.) is followed by a conversation with UCLA law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, who assisted Hill’s legal team, and writer Rebecca Traister, author of Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger.
This event is presented by the Hammer Museum at UCLA.
Event Date: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Hammer Museum
Price: Free
The Hammer is located at the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards in Westwood Village, three blocks east of the 405 freeway’s Wilshire exit.
Parking is available under the museum.
Stay engaged. Use #UCLAarts to stay connected.
