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Filmmaker Spotlight Series: Jordan Peele - Nope
The film will be followed by a conversation led by Dr. Brandon Ogbunu, an Associate Professor (Tenure) in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Dr. Ogbunu is a computational biologist whose research investigates complex problems in epidemiology, genetics, evolution, and society.
As the founding director of the Yale Initiative for Science and Society, he runs a parallel research program at the intersection of science, society, and culture. Brandon is currently an ideas columnist at WIRED and is the author of a column at Undark Magazine entitled “Selective Pressure.” He has written for a range of publications, including Scientific American, Quanta Magazine, The Undefeated, The Atlantic, the Boston Review, and several other venues.
Another special guest for this post-film conversation is Truth Powell. Truth Powell is a senior at Greater Hartford Academy Of The Arts. With a backround in Theater, Poetry, Music, and Photography, Truth found his love for cameras through the lens of a DSLR passed down through his family. Today, Truth writes and directs short films as his love for film continues to grow. Inspired by Jordan Peele, Ryan Coogler, and Spike Lee, Truth incorporates revolution and activism in much of his work. Truth was also a student apprentice during the Eye on Video program this summer at Real Art Ways.
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“Every genre Peele invokes is a flytrap for social meanings, and you can’t watch this cowboys-and-aliens monster movie without entertaining some deep thoughts about race, ecology, labor, and the toxic, enchanting power of modern popular culture.” – New York Times
“A wild but self-aware mashup of sci-fi and westerns…” – The New Yorker
“It’s extremely sophisticated, this film. And it’s very mysterious in its structure.” – Monocle
83% on Rotten Tomatoes
A man and his sister discover something sinister in the skies above their California horse ranch, while the owner of a nearby theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
