HORROR ECOLOGIES
Spring 2024
Spring 2024
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Free Public Screening, Wednesday 10 July 2024
Info coming soon!
WINTER 2024 LECTURE SERIES
RACE IN CONTEMPORARY HORROR CINEMA, 1
A sequel to the 1992 film, Nia DaCosta’s Candyman explores how the legend transformed from being feared to an oppressed entity living in fear. This lecture breaks down the overlaid themes of racial divide and gentrification that define the legacy of the Candyman franchise.
Lecture and screening, free and open to the public.
Lecture and screening, free and open to the public.
References:
Newby Richard. 2021. "Unpacking ‘Candyman’ and Its Darkest Revelation." The Hollywood Reporter. (Aug. 30).
Potthoff Kacik, Gina. 2023. "Razing Public Housing Led to Gentrification." Chicago Book Review. (Oct. 3).
Newby Richard. 2021. "Unpacking ‘Candyman’ and Its Darkest Revelation." The Hollywood Reporter. (Aug. 30).
Potthoff Kacik, Gina. 2023. "Razing Public Housing Led to Gentrification." Chicago Book Review. (Oct. 3).
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SHAURYA CHAWLA is a writer and online film, television and video game critic based in Montreal. He is also a massive comic book fan and tapped into all the developing pop culture trends. He is currently completing his master’s degree in Film and Moving Image Studies at Concordia University.
RACE IN CONTEMPORARY HORROR CINEMA, 2
This lecture and discussion will explore the ways in which Mi'kmaq and settler identities are constructed in opposition, and also the ways Indigenous identities more broadly fill various roles in resistance, in ways that both support and challenge the ongoing colonial status quo, and the authorization of the "Indian" through blood, belonging, and becoming. It will explore the narratives and analogies of this film in a postcolonial context, reimagining heroism, blood quantum authorization, and the postcolonial context of the film.
Lecture and screening, free and open to the public.
Lecture and screening, free and open to the public.
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DEREK MAISONVILLE (ABD PhD Political Science) is mixed descent settler and urban Anishinaabe member of the Beausoleil First Nation. He teaches at John Abbott College in Humanities where his multidisciplinary background in discourse analysis, postcolonial theory, and international political and feminist theories shape his diverse course content.
