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Melvin Van Peebles Symposium
2027 Melvin Van Peebles Symposium
Weaving Liberation: A Celebration of Spirit, Sensation, and Creative Power
April 1-4, 2027
About Melvin Van Peebles
Best known as a trailblazing Black filmmaker, Melvin Van Peebles was a twentieth-century Renaissance man. The 1953 Ohio Wesleyan graduate transcended the boundaries of race and gender as an innovator in film, theater, music, art, literature, and business.
Symposium Contact Info
Location
Ohio Wesleyan University
61 S. Sandusky St.
Delaware, OH 43015
61 S. Sandusky St.
Delaware, OH 43015
Symposium Co-Chairs
Dawn Chisebe
Phokeng Dailey
BC Granger
Andrew Inamdar '27
Phokeng Dailey
BC Granger
Andrew Inamdar '27