9 March 2016, 7:00pm
Old Divinity School, St John's College, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼
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As part of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Science Festival, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Polish Studies and Polish Waves on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ 105Ìýpresent a special "Kinoteka Polish Film Club"Ìýscreening of the classic Polish science fiction comedyÌýfilm Sexmission (Seksmisja, 1984) within the series "Reproduction on Film: Sex, Secrets and Lies" together with the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Dr Stanley Bill, Lecturer in Polish Studies, including:
Dr Karolina Wigura, Editor, Kultura Liberalna
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Seksmisja is a dystopian comedy in which a pair of time-travelling men arrive in a future world exclusively populated by women. TheÌýpolitical organisation of this world is totalitarian, and the men soon find themselves in danger.ÌýManyÌýviewersÌýhave interpreted the film partly as a commentary on communist Poland.
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