In Conversation: Gillian Laub and Jeffrey McCune

Join us for a conversation with American photographer Gillian Laub and University of Rochester professor Jeffrey McCune as they discuss the exhibition Gillian Laub: Southern Rites, regional research conducted by the Frederick Douglass Institute, and more.
Southern Rites is a specific story about twenty-first century young people in the American South, yet it poses a universal question about human experience: can a new generation liberate itself from a harrowing and traumatic past to create a different future? Gillian Laub is a photographer and filmmaker based in New York. Laub spent over a decade working in Georgia exploring issues of lingering racism in the American South, culminating in the Southern Rites exhibition, documentary, and photo book. Jeffrey McCune is the Frederick Douglass Professor and Chair of Faculty Programs and Departmental Initiatives at the Frederick Douglass Institute and Department of Black Studies.