#Hip-Hop50 ATL Presents The Hip-Hop Film Series - ATL with Special Guest Dr. Regina N. Bradley

The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History and the Hip-Hop50ATL Consortium in collaboration with the City of Atlanta’s Office of the Mayor host the first in a summer-long film screening series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop.

On Thursday, August 10th we'll be screening the classic Atlanta film ATL with the post-film conversation moderated by Dr. Regina N. Bradley, Associate Professor of English and African Diaspora Studies at Kennesaw State University and Author of Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip Hop South.

Four teenagers come of age in a working-class Atlanta neighborhood where hip-hop sizzles and roller-skating rules. Seventeen-year-old Rashad (Tip Harris) was forced to become the man of the house early. Since the death of his parents, he's been responsible for himself and his little brother, Ant (Evan Ross). As Rashad tries to keep Ant in school and out of trouble, the only bright spot in his life is New-New (Lauren London), who sees something special in him, something more than he sees. When the two meet, Rashad's future starts to open up for the first time. But New-New has a secret that's getting harder and harder to keep.

Dr. Regina N. Bradley is an alumna Nasir Jones Hip Hop Fellow (Harvard University, Spring 2016) and an Associate Professor of English and African Diaspora Studies at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA. Her expertise and research interests include post-Civil Rights African American literature, Hip Hop culture, race and the contemporary U.S. South. Dr. Bradley is also the author of Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip Hop South. The book explores how Atlanta, GA hip hop duo OutKast influences conversations about the Black American South after the Civil Rights Movement.

Join us on Thursday, August 10th at 6:30 p.m., as we celebrate the city of Atlanta and Hip-Hop.

Guest Speakers

Dr. Regina N. Bradley - Associate Professor of English and African Diaspora Studies at Kennesaw State University and Author of Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip Hop South