Film screening: 'Through The Olive Trees' (1994) by Abbas Kiarostami

Free entry & refreshments (reserve via Eventbrite)

Doors: 6:00pm

Introduction: 6:15pm

Screening: 6:30pm

Talk after screening:

Mridula Sharma, 'Regimes of Oil'

'This talk will draw on the depiction of class difference in Through the Olive Trees to examine how an impetus for profit impacts participation in colonial commodity networks and shapes dominant narratives of capitalist development. A study of oil and its critical intersections with capital.'

Optional:

• BYOB (£5 corkage fee per person)
• Bring your own pillow

Hosted by The Glasgow Film Lab - a new interdisciplinary research community based at UoG. Part of a series of free film screenings, discussions & lectures across arts & humanities.