Join us for a screening of the documentary "Homegoings" (2013). The film will be preceded by light snacks and activities. After the movie, stick around for a Kernel Convo as led by Dr. Robert Bland from UT's History Department and Multicultural Student Life's peer educators.

Doors open at 5pm. Film starts at 6pm.

About the film: Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home." An Official Selection of MoMA's 2013 Documentary Fortnight. A co-production of ITVS and POV's Diverse Voices Project, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A co-presentation with the National Black Programming Consortium. Produced in association with American Documentary. Watch the trailer.

This program is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition, The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments, and Stonework, which is on view through May 14th at the McClung Museum.

This event is a collaboration with POV, the award-winning independent non-fiction film series on PBS www.pbs.org/pov