Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies

Reel Talks 1: Love, Anger, and the Struggle for Justice: Sinners 

This panel considers Ryan Coogler’s genre-defying 2025 film, Sinners. Panelists and attendees will reflect together on the film’s complex study of racial, sexual, and colonial boundaries, and the nation’s legacies of intergenerational trauma and collective resistance. 

Panelists: Rebecca Herzig, Charles A. Dana Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies; Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays ’20 Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies; Stephanie Kelley-Romano, Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies; Dale Chapman, Professor of Music; Matthew Fox ’26; Bella Saul ’26; Aidan Stark-Chessa ’26; Braedon Parker ’27

Sponsors: Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies; Department of Rhetoric, Film and Screen Studies; Department of Music  

Location: Memorial Commons | Reserve your ticket here