A woman’s identification with her hair can be a powerful thing, but for a Black woman, it is a tangled identity fraught with the ongoing effects of racism, respectability politics and beauty standards that have historically marginalized our hair along with everything else. Based on the bestselling book by Trisha R. Thomas, Nappily Ever After […]
“Stamped from the Beginning” is a documentary exploring the history of anti-black, racist ideas in America, based on Ibram X. Kendi’s best-selling novel. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. As. Kendi argues, […]
AAPI Heritage Month with W3A & WRJI: Everything Everywhere All at Once Join fellow Wellesley alums to celebrate AAPI Heritage month with a viewing and discussion of the ground-breaking, Oscar-winning film “Everything Everywhere All at Once”. This 2022 movie resonated deeply in the AAPI community and beyond, particularly when Michelle Yeoh became the first […]
AAPI Heritage Month with W3A & WRJI: Everything Everywhere All at Once Join fellow Wellesley alums to celebrate AAPI Heritage month with a viewing and discussion of the ground-breaking, Oscar-winning film “Everything Everywhere All at Once”. This 2022 movie resonated deeply in the AAPI community and beyond, particularly when Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian […]
Saturday, June 22 5pm - 8pm ET WRJI invites you to view and discuss Ava DuVernay’s 2023 film “Origin”. A rich and poignant bio drama, “Origin” tells the story of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson’s personal and intellectual journey as she wrote the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. The movie has been aptly […]
WRJI Movie Night: “The Farewell” (2019) Sunday, November 10 5pm – 8pm EST Via Zoom Free In preparation for the winter holiday season, come join WRJI and alum friends to enjoy this funny and moving film based on the true-life events of director Lulu Wang. The film focuses on Billi - Chinese born and US […]
WRJI Movie Night: “Rustin” (2023) Sunday, December 8 5pm – 8pm EST Via Zoom Free Join WRJI for a viewing and discussion of the inspirational historical biopic Rustin, focused on pioneering yet often overlooked gay Civil Rights leader, Bayard Rustin. Rustin was a leading organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and dedicated his life […]
Sunday, February 9 5pm – 8pm EST Via Zoom Free Join WRJI for a viewing and discussion of “Something New” a romantic comedy-drama that focuses on interracial relationships, gender roles, and changing values in African-American families and cultures. It follows the romantic ups and downs of Kenya McQueen a successful, single African-American woman who unexpectedly […]
Join WRJI for a viewing and discussion of Mo Amer’s comedy special “The Vagabond”. In this performance Amer talks about his experiences as a Palestinian refugee who was born in Kuwait, fled with his mother and siblings at the age of nine during the Gulf War, and ended up in Houston Texas. Throughout this special […]
If you missed this gem of a film in the theaters in 2025 then take a break, grab some snacks, and come see it with us! “Love, Brooklyn” interweaves the narratives of three longtime Brooklynites as they navigate love, friendship, and careers amidst the backdrop of a changing and gentrifying city. This is the feature […]
