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In partnership with The Denton Black Film Festival #SoulMovie Pixar Animation Studios’ all-new feature film “Soul” introduces Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) – a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before – a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks, and interests before they go to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22 (voice of Tina Fey), who has never understood the appeal of the human experience. As Joe desperately tries to show 22 what’s great about living, he may just discover the answers to some of life’s most important questions. Directed by Academy Award\u00ae winner Pete Docter (“Inside Out,” “Up”), co-directed by Kemp Powers (“One Night in Miami”) and produced by Academy Award nominee Dana Murray, p.g.a. (Pixar short “Lou”), Disney and Panelist including Filmmaker Professor Ya'ke Smith from the Department of Radio-Television-Film The University of Texas at Austin and local animator Don Dixon The panel discuss the film and also the history of Black animation and the work new and innovative work currently being done by Black animators across the country Don's Book "Pain and Process" https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/don-dixon/pain-and-process/hardcover/product-dpjnp2.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Clip show is "The Racist History of Cartoons" by Slate Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.