Dear Campus Community -
You are invited to the first campus-wide event featuring the 2021-22 Common Reading, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.
On October 26 from 6:00-9:15pm, a virtual screening of the film Just Mercy will be followed by a panel discussion with two SCU alumnae and a SCU faculty member who work in the film industry: Blye Faust, Malarie Howard, and Niema Jordan. The topic of the discussion will be film adaptation of non-fiction sources.
Blye Faust is a 1997 English Department graduate of SCU. Her production company at the time produced Spotlight, the 2016 Academy Awards Best Picture winner. Her current production company, Story Force Entertainment, has also produced several documentaries on social justice issues as well as the recent popular docu-series LuLaRich.
Malarie Howard is a 2014 Communication Department graduate of SCU. She is a screen writer and story editor for the TV series In the Dark and a producer on the TV series Ghost Story Club.
Niema Jordan, a faculty member in the Communication Department, is a writer, director, and producer whose film, Oasis, won the Spike Lee Student Filmmaker Award at the 38th Denver Film Festival and was an official selection at the APHA Global Public Health Film Festival.
The screening will begin at 6:00pm and the panel discussion will be held immediately following, at approximately 8:15pm.
Event login and registration information is available here. Registration closes at 11:00 am on the 26th, after which password information for the event will be sent to your email. Please join us.
About the Common Reading 2021-22
This film screening and panel discussion is one of a series of events organized around SCU’s Common Reading selection for 2021-22: Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. For more information on the book, including reviews, links to related video content, and suggestions for assignments and discussion, visit our Common Reading webpages.
Students who wish to read Just Mercy online can use this link: https://sculib.scu.edu/record=b3807107
Faculty and Staff may request a free copy of the book using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsQyo-LIsRNaLmzVzb9Q5aBxynBY91PpoJYEfD4jzB55GE9w/viewform?usp=sf_link
Kate Morris
Acting Provost
Katie Heintz
Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies