Film
Get Out
- 7PM
Welcome to the sunken place… Jordan Peele’s smart, daring, instantly iconic satire lays bare the horrors of white liberal hypocrisy and the persistent myth of virtuous white womanhood (personified by a cannily cast Allison Williams). That its subversive social commentary comes wrapped in the guise of a perfectly executed comic thriller makes it all the more potent.
Post-screening discussion moderated by series programmer Ashley Clark, featuring writer Michael Arceneaux and Jazmine Hughes (Associate Editor, The New York Times Magazine)
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