Savannah State University News April 2, 2019 Savannah State faculty premieres documentary Film was supported by a NatGeo grant SAVANNAH - Savannah State University (SSU) dance faculty and 2016 National Geographic (NatGeo) Young Explorer Grant recipient LaQuinda Grimes will kick off an exhibition tour of her research on HBCU danceline style, culture & history, Friday, April 5. The documentary film, Brains, Beauty, and Blackness: An Ode to HBCU Dancelines, documents and preserves the HBCU danceline style and honors the women that spearheaded the movement. The accompanying exhibit will chronicle the roots and trajectory of HBCU dancelines across the southern United States. The film and the exhibit document the lives of the dancers, institutions and communities involved in HBCU dancelines. The artifacts include vintage uniforms and props. The exhibit will be housed in the Social Sciences Building Gallery through April 30. An opening reception with film screening, photographs, artifacts and performance will be held April 5, 6-9 p.m. The film screening will begin at 7:30 p.m. with a closing panel discussion at 8:30 p.m. This exhibit is open to the public but seating is limited. The NatGeo Society Young Explorers Grants is a grant program that provided individuals ages 18-25 some of their first opportunities to carry out field-based scientific research, exploration, and conservation. The program has since been phased into three grant applications that The National Geographic Society currently offers: Early Career, Exploration and Requests for Proposals. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, the children, and those yet to come. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/