2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

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FILM SCREENINGS
(Alphabetized by area sponsoring)
pointing to the contraindications present in the rebuilding of the Lower Ninth Ward and
highlighting the ethical grey-zone that accompanies any project of re-creation.
Medical Humanities: Health and Disease in Culture
Duration: 85 minutes
Bissonet (3 rd Floor)
Wednesday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
DARIUS GOES WEST (2007)
Directed by Logan Smalley
Discussion Led by Timothy Campbell, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Fifteen year-old Darius Weems from Athens, Georgia, was born with Duchenne muscular
dystrophy (DMD), the most common fatal genetic disorder to affect children worldwide. In
1999, he watched his beloved older brother, Mario, pass away from the same disease at age
19. Soon after, Darius lost use of the muscles in his legs and had to begin using a wheelchair.
The documentary, Darius Goes West, follows Darius and his college-age friends in the
summer of 2005 when the friends rented a wheel-chair accessible RV and took Darius to Los
Angeles to convince MTV’s hit show “Pimp My Ride” to customize his wheelchair. They
visited many places (including New Orleans) to raise awareness about DMD and celebrated
The American With Disabilities Act along the way. The documentary won twenty-four
awards in 2007, including the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature at the Jackson Hole
Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Solstice Film Festival.
Science Fiction & Fantasy: Another World, Another Time . . . In the Age of
Wonder
Mardi Gras G/H (3rd Floor)
Saturday, April 11, 7:00 P.M. – 9:30 P.M.
Chair: Tanya R. Cochran
THE DARK CRYSTAL
Join the SF/F Area at its annual Saturday evening, conference wrap-up event. After a heady
few days of scholarly analysis, we invite you to bring your dinner, kick back, and enjoy a
classic fantasy film. Before and after the showing, raffle tickets will be available for a postfilm
giveaway that includes SF/F action figures, DVDs, novels, academic books, and more—
hundreds of dollars worth of prizes. Everyone is welcome, so bring colleagues, friends, and
family. Come have fun(draising) with us. Proceeds go toward future events as well as the
building up of an undergraduate and graduate student scholarship fund.
The Vampire in Literature, Culture, & Film
and Buffy
Bissonet (3 rd Floor)
Saturday, April 11, 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "ONCE MORE WITH FEELING”
This year the PCA/ACA once again presents episode seven of season six
of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Once More with Feeling". Both written
and directed by Joss Whedon, "Once More with Feeling", which
originally aired 1/06/01, has since become one of the show's most
memorable episodes. In it, a demon named Sweet comes to the town of
Sunnydale in search of Buffy's sister Dawn, but his arrival also