Jordan Peele’s | Get Out (2017)  

Staff and students are warmly invited to a free screening of Jordan Peele’s Academy award-winning horror blockbuster, Get Out, in the Palmer building, room G10, on 26th January 2022 from 15:00-1800pm.

This event is part of our wider programme of opportunities to engage with the topic of racial justice, in celebration of the Racial Justice in Teaching & Learning collection.

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It will be followed by an engaging panel talk on the film and its themes, featuring Black Students’ Officer Ruth Adeniyi and BAME Staff Network co-leads Santosh Sinha and Bolanle Adebola. 

A young African American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering unease about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point. (Horror, Mystery, Thriller) 

Why this film? 

Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the first African American to be nominated for producing, writing and directing in the same year. The film is loaded with social commentary and serves as an entertaining springboard for an engaging panel discussion regarding race and identity, as part of the university’s series of events this January focussed on race, identity and inclusion. 

Health and safety notice 

This event will be delivered in keeping with up-to-date coronavirus health and safety guidelines. Please be prepared to wear a facemask and maintain social distancing.