Independent filmmaker, actress and wholistic health expert, BarbaraO will speak to the university community Oct. 16, from noon1 p.m., in the Festival Playhouse. Her talk, "Wisdom Keepers," is based on the work she has done with Senegal's 110-year-old matriarch and healer, Ma'am Fatou Seck, for an experimental documentary film.O's acting career includes her portrayal of Yellow Mary in the independent film, Daughters of the Dust. She acted in Back Inside Herself, A Powerful Thing and Diary of an African Nun. She has had television roles in LaVerne and Shirley and Wonder Woman, and she co-starred with Muhammed Ali in the NBC mini-series, Freedom Road.
"Many describe her presence and drive as magnetic, spiritual, energetic, soothing and tireless," said Roberta Boyd, assistant dean for fiscal affairs in the College of Liberal Arts, which is co-sponsoring O's three-day visit with the Department of Theatre Arts. O, a graduate of Antioch University, will also teach a master class for acting and film majors and a class about the professional world for theatre majors.
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