Join us for a screening of the film "Monty Python's Life of Brian" happening at the Al Whittle Theatre at 450 Main St, Wolfville, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 6:30pm.

 

CLAS 3813 "Ancient Greece and Rome in Film" is a course happening this term that looks at how our modern visions and adaptations of ancient Mediterranean societies attempt to represent the realities of the past while simultaneously shedding light on our contemporary identities, politics, gender roles, and popular culture.

 

Instructor, Dr. Chelsea Gardner, is showing a total of 10 movies on Wednesday nights which are open to the Acadia community (and to invited guests if you have friends/family who'd like to attend!). CLAS 3813 students will give short introductions to the films with historical context (both from antiquity and from when the film was actually made) followed by a Q&A.

 

The Acadia campus was surveyed for their input on which films to include this term. Here is the complete list of the movies that are being shown every Wed this term:

 

January 15: Disney’s Hercules

January 22: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

January 29: Antigone

February 5: Chi-Raq

February 12: 300

NOTE February 19: NO MOVIE (reading week)

February 26: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Forum

March 5: Spartacus

March 12: Cleopatra

March 19: Ovid and the Art of Love

March 26: Monty Python’s Life of Brian

 

See you at the movies!