Theatre & Film Professor Shannon Walsh
Shannon Walsh is a filmmaker and interdisciplinary theorist who recently joined UBC as an Assistant Professor in the department of Theatre and Film. Passionate about social justice issues, Walsh’s films have explored housing struggles in South Africa, Indigenous resistance to the Alberta oil sands and the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong. Her first book, The Ties that Bind: Race and the Politics of Friendship in South Africa, co-edited with Jon Soske, will be released this fall.
UBC Arts spoke to Dr. Walsh about what topics spark her interest as a filmmaker, what she looks forward to exploring with her students, and why she believes paying attention to the world around us is our best source of inspiration and education.
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