Movie Screening: Dead Man Walking

As part of the cycle of activities offered in collaboration with the Teatro Real and its current staging of the opera Dead Man Walking, we invite you to a free screening of the film version of the work.

The event will be presented by Carrie Klewin Lawrence, professor of the IIE mini-course Page to Stage, which will explore the work of Dead Man Walking as a book, film, and opera. After the projection, a debate will be opened on the content and message of the work.

From 1995, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn and directed by Tim Robbins, the film is based on a true event. Sister Helen Prejean was the spiritual advisor to Mathew Poncelet, a murderer sentenced to death in the state of Louisiana in 1982 for murdering two teenagers.

A deeply moving and spiritual testimony to the American criminal justice system, the film was nominated for 4 Oscars and won one, Best Actress for Susan Sarandon.

The screening will be in English VO with Spanish subtitles.