<div dir="ltr">Hey Filmmakers,<div><br>As I'm sure you've seen, a former student has expressed her concerns with our screening for this Wednesday. While I reached out to speak with her, she has unfortunately not gotten back to me. Other students, however, have emailed me expressing a desire for the screening to continue with the acknowledgment of potential triggers for some students. <br><br>As a way to compromise between the two viewpoints, <i>I would like to hold a discussion immediately after the film</i> to talk about the potential racial implications of the film, Martin McDonagh's work at large, as well as what the role of an audience should be in regards to films which depict racism and ableism in a manner that does not outright condemn such behaviors. So, those of you that wish to take part in this discussion need only stay in Rocky once the film has ended.</div><div><br></div><div>Please feel free to voice any other concerns or opinions directly to me or any other member of the filmmakers' exec board. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Leon Brill</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 9:38 PM, Leon Brill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lebrill@vassar.edu" target="_blank">lebrill@vassar.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">

<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">Hey Filmmakers,</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="font-style:normal">Wednesday at 7pm in Rocky 300,</b><b style="font-weight:400"> we'll be screening <i>In Bruges</i> directed by <span style="font-style:normal;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Martin McDonagh</span>. The film is 1hr and 47mins long. </b>Free pizza will be provided. <br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><img src="cid:ii_jg301hzu0_162d140bd5c389e9" width="400" height="170"><br>​<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jh2Xct8AMo" target="_blank">Check out the trailer here!</a><br><div><br></div><div>See you there,</div><div>Leon Brill</div></div>
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