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SASA Show: A Celebration of South Asian Culture

The South Asian Student Alliance held its annual show, a joyous, high-energy celebration of the South Asian community and culture on Northwestern’s campus Saturday, February 22nd. “We just think it’s really important, especially because minority groups don’t always get as much of a light put on them on a college campus,” said Riya Kumar, a First-Year Representative of the SASA executive board, “So this event is our annual SASA show, and it’s really important to us to promote cultural unity.”

Block Cinema examines horror films in new series

This October, the Block Cinema brings the spooky season to the Northwestern campus through a series of three horror film screenings. A combination of classic films, scholarly documentaries and introductions by renowned experts in the field, “Perspectives on Horror” hopes to showcase the many facets of horror cinema and challenge our preconceptions about fear on screen. Through these screenings, Michael Metzger, curator of the series, hopes to connect with the existing RTVF horror film classes

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Store Fronts of Evanston

By August 2020, more than 97,000 businesses across the U.S had permanently closed, largely due to the economic repercussions of COVID-19. Whether it’s the cafe where you spent every Sunday drinking oat milk with two drops of espresso or the clothing store you’ve walked past countless times, businesses in our college town were not immune to this period of unprecedented financial hardships. Since the beginning of this year, 70 businesses in Evanston have shut their doors.

SASA Show: A Celebration of South Asian Culture

The South Asian Student Alliance held its annual show, a joyous, high-energy celebration of the South Asian community and culture on Northwestern’s campus Saturday, February 22nd. “We just think it’s really important, especially because minority groups don’t always get as much of a light put on them on a college campus,” said Riya Kumar, a First-Year Representative of the SASA executive board, “So this event is our annual SASA show, and it’s really important to us to promote cultural unity.”

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Subtitled Ep 1: Cuties Review

Welcome to Subtitled, a podcast where two fake film students take a look at popular movies and TV shows. Today, we’re talking about Cuties, a French film released in September directed by Maiimouna Doucouré. If you somehow haven’t heard anything about this movie, I’ll sum it up for you: An 11-year-old Senegalese girl, Amy, who has just immigrated to Paris with her family, meets a group of young girls who are preparing to enter a dance competition. The film follows her friendship with the girls, their journey to the competition, and Amy’s internal conflict between her traditional Muslim roots and the liberal culture represented by her friends and social media.

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