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BRIEF: Film maker exploring Evangelical culture, LGBT issues, coming to Whitworth

By: Tracy Simmons

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September 21, 2014

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New York film producer Markie Hancock, known for her independent documentaries including “Born Again,” will be speaking at Whitworth University on Thursday at 7 p.m.

“Born Again” is a film chronicling her own religious struggles. She has been making documentaries for 20 years covering topics that range from issues regarding race and education, as well as LGBT rights, according to a press release.

Her latest film, which will be shown during her presentation, explores evangelical Christian culture in the U.S., focusing on Christian colleges where LGBT students struggle with the risk of being expelled or condemned as sinners.

Hancock’s presentation will be held in Weyerhaeuser Hall’s Robinson Teaching Theatre. This event is free, and the public is invited to attend.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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