First Wednesdays Lecture Series

Free talks on the first Wednesday of the month, October through May.

Digital First Wednesdays

Name: *DIGITAL* Television Cop Shows, Police Brutality, and Black Lives Matter
Start: 2021-05-05T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-05-05T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Vermont Humanities Digital Channels

Every month we’ll offer a First Wednesdays talk on the Digital Programs section of our website, our YouTube channel, and our Facebook page. No registration is required for these free events.

Underwriters

Statewide Underwriters: The Institute of Museum & Library Services through the Vermont Department of Libraries.

Program Underwriters: Middlebury College and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Samara Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation

First Wednesdays

Wed 05

DIGITAL Television Cop Shows, Police Brutality, and Black Lives Matter

May 5
7:00 pm

Vermont Humanities Digital Channels, Online

Policeman from behind with close up of holster

How do television cop shows shape our understanding of police, race, and crime in America? Focusing on the television series The Wire, Middlebury professor Jason Mittell challenges our understanding of this television genre in the era of the Black Lives Matter movement. Read More »

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Printed Digital First Wednesdays brochure

Download the 2020-2021 First Wednesdays Digital Event Schedule (PDF)