AUM CLASS Film Series opens film viewings to Community

FROM AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY

The Auburn University at Montgomery College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences’ new CLASS Film Series will highlight the variety of human conditions that impact our societies.

Last fall, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Dean Andrew McMichael formed a committee to expand the university’s Political Film Series founded by Pia Knigge, associate professor of political science. Knigge’s film series spotlighted pressing current events, anniversaries, and national and cultural holidays.

“Our goal was to develop a new films series to showcase culturally significant films that speak to each of the college’s disciplines and each disciplines’ approach to examining the human condition,” McMichael said.

The new series will debut Thursday, February 16 at 7 p.m. in Goodwyn Hall 109, with the film documentary “13th,” which provides an in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality. The series will feature three films each semester and will be open to students, faculty, and community members.

“We plan to have a variety of film genres that relate to historical and modern-day stories and events,” said Katherine Irwin, communication and theatre lecturer and co-chair of the CLASS Film Series committee. “These films effectively interpret civil rights issues and human-interest topics while transcribing meaning that helps us understand roles within the larger society and culture.”

As with the previous Political Film Series, the CLASS Film Series will open film screenings with an AUM faculty member or community member with expertise in the area of the film’s subject area followed by a discussion and Q&A session.

“We tried to select films that will speak to our students, faculty, staff, and a broader audience — our community,” said Knigge, a committee member.

Learn more: https://www.aum.edu/aum-debuts-new-class-film-series-to-spotlight-human-conditions/

For more information, contact Troy Johnson (334-235-4362), Adrienne Nettles (334-244-3896)