Packages
Learning Beyond the Classics: Films on Death Row
Description
American views of law and order (and how the world views American law and order) have been shaped by courtroom melodramas, Oscar winners, true crime television series, documentary exposés—and literally the television franchise Law & Order.
In order to discuss how audiences have defined and still redefine various spaces and people within the criminal justice system, this Learning Beyond the Classics course zones in on a unique facet of the American criminal justice system: the death penalty.
We will unpack the history of capital punishment through film, allowing for a better sense of (1) how the criminal justice and entertainment industries have interplayed and (2) how media has been and might be used to address staggering inequalities and injustices found within the criminal justice system.
The $12 fee includes a package of one ticket to each screening in the series and access to the course readings, recorded lectures, and discussions. Attendance is not mandatory, but there are no refunds or exchanges for dates not attended.
About the Instructors
Jennifer Mason McAward is the Director of the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights and an Associate Professor of Law teaching and researching in the areas of civil rights, criminal justice, and the death penalty.
Ricky Herbst is the Cinema Program Director at the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and works on how the law and media—particularly film—have been used, sometimes in conjunction, both to bring together and segregate populations.
In order to discuss how audiences have defined and still redefine various spaces and people within the criminal justice system, this Learning Beyond the Classics course zones in on a unique facet of the American criminal justice system: the death penalty.
We will unpack the history of capital punishment through film, allowing for a better sense of (1) how the criminal justice and entertainment industries have interplayed and (2) how media has been and might be used to address staggering inequalities and injustices found within the criminal justice system.
The $12 fee includes a package of one ticket to each screening in the series and access to the course readings, recorded lectures, and discussions. Attendance is not mandatory, but there are no refunds or exchanges for dates not attended.
About the Instructors
Jennifer Mason McAward is the Director of the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights and an Associate Professor of Law teaching and researching in the areas of civil rights, criminal justice, and the death penalty.
Ricky Herbst is the Cinema Program Director at the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and works on how the law and media—particularly film—have been used, sometimes in conjunction, both to bring together and segregate populations.
Events
- Jan 28, 2020 7:30PM , Dead Man Walking (1995)
- Feb 4, 2020 7:30PM , To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Feb 11, 2020 7:30PM , Hang 'Em High (1968)
- Feb 18, 2020 7:30PM , The Thin Blue Line (1988)
- Feb 25, 2020 7:30PM , Monster (2003)
- Mar 3, 2020 7:30PM , Just Mercy (2019)
This package is presently not on sale.
