Institute Film Series

Wednesday, January 25, 4:30 Wolfensohn HallInto The Abyss : Directed and written by Werner HerzogAcclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog explores the death penalty in the United States in his documentary Into The Abyss. He focuses on a case in Texas in which teenagers Jason Burkett and Michael Perry murdered three people while trying to steal a car. Their story is told through interviews with family, friends, and with the killers themselves. Rather than a denunciation of the death penalty, Herzog proposes a profound reflection on crime and its punishment in contemporary society. Subtitled A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life, the film is winner of the Grierson Award at the London Film Festival 2011.

Post-screening discussion will be led by Andrew Dilts and Allegra McLeod, both Members in the School of Social Science. This movie is the fourth film in the Law and the Social Sciences series curated by the School of Social Science

Date & Time

January 25, 2017 | 4:30pm – 6:30pm

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