This event is in the past.It took place on May 20, 2026 at Bowes Art & Architecture Library.
Fine Arts Talk
Fine Arts TalkWHY LOOK AT PRISONS? A Conversation with Pooja Rangan and Brett Story
May 20 at 5:30pm
Stanford
🅿️Parking free after 4pm (except Oval)
♿Contact Julianne White for accommodations
Two acclaimed scholars use John Berger's animal captivity question to interrogate how documentary film normalizes incarceration. Expect a rigorous, thought-provoking evening on carceral world-building and abolitionist resistance through cinema.
Academic lecture
Film studies
Social justice
Abolitionist perspective
Fine Arts TalkFine Arts TalkWHY LOOK AT PRISONS? A Conversation with Pooja Rangan and Brett Story
May 20 at 5:30pm
Stanford
🅿️Parking free after 4pm (except Oval)
♿Contact Julianne White for accommodations
Two acclaimed scholars use John Berger's animal captivity question to interrogate how documentary film normalizes incarceration. Expect a rigorous, thought-provoking evening on carceral world-building and abolitionist resistance through cinema.
Academic lecture
Film studies
Social justice
Abolitionist perspective