“Django Unchained” is Quentin Tarantino’s most commercially successful and perhaps his most controversial film. Some critics have condemned the film’s representation of race and slavery, while others have defended Tarantino against these attacks. Many aspects of the film have attracted the attention of scholars and a recent collection of essays edited by Oliver Speck, Ph.D., an associate professor of German and European cinema in the School of World Studies, part of the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences, brought together a range of academic perspectives on the movie. This panel discussion, featuring experts in film studies, African-American studies, and women’s and gender studies, to be followed by a screening of the film, will engage some of those perspectives in an open conversation about “Django Unchained” and its implications. This event is co-sponsored by the VCU School of the Arts’ Cinema Program, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and the Richmond branch of the NAACP.

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