True Crime

True Crime is not a new American obsession; the adage ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ extends back to the 1800s with the notion predating the pithy phrase. As a vehicle for telling True Crime stories, movies have been of service as long as they have been around. This course will look at that history as well as form comparisons on how victims, perpetrators, and officers of the law have been portrayed. Further, the offerings of films will extend beyond murder to look at various criminal activities and how truthful the films are about the actual events that inspired them.

Ricky Herbst
Ricky Herbst is the Cinema Program Director at the University of Notre Dame who has taught classes on criminology, criminal law, and related media. The series is curated with the assistance of Notre Dame’s Carceral Studies Working Group, which utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to understanding policing and incarceration.

Sponsored by The David A. Heskin and Marilou Brill Endowment for Excellence and Notre Dame Carceral Studies Working Group.

The deadline to enroll for the series is October 10. To sign up after the first showing on September 19, please contact the Ticket Office at 574-631-2800.

Sep 19, 2024 6:30PM , In Cold Blood (1967)
Sep 26, 2024 6:30PM , Scarface (1932)
Oct 3, 2024 6:30PM , Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Oct 10, 2024 6:30PM , Zodiac (2007)
Oct 17, 2024 6:30PM , Just Mercy (2019)
Oct 31, 2024 6:30PM , Killer’s Delight (1978)
Nov 7, 2024 6:30PM , Reality (2023)
Nov 14, 2024 6:30PM , American Animals (2018)
Nov 21, 2024 6:30PM , A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992)
Dec 5, 2024 6:30PM , May December (2023)
Dec 12, 2024 6:30PM , Fargo (1996)

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The deadline to enroll for the series is October 10. To sign up after the first showing on September 19, please contact the Ticket Office at 574-631-2800.

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