Humanities Center Public Lecture, Jennifer Lackey, "Extracted Evidence: False Confessions and Testimonial Injustice"

Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester 755 Library Rd., Rochester

Why do confessions often swamp all other evidence in the United States criminal justice system? I show that the answer to this question involves a distinctive kind of testimonial injustice, one that results from extracted evidence receiving an unwarranted excess … Continue reading

Free

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration screening

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

The Little will screen Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration (Martyn Atkins, U.S. 2019, 120 min.) Join an incredible array of singers and musicians who came together to honor one of the world's most remarkable artists, Joni Mitchell, on her 75th … Continue reading

The Magician's Cape theatrical performance

Writers & Books 740 University Ave., Rochester

Using layered soundscapes, song, and prose, Hnossa's Didrik Soderstrom presents this original adaptation of a Swedish folktale. A wizard and would-be kidnapper tells a story of his defeat at the hands of a dastardly kind child. Hnossa returns to Writers … Continue reading

$10

Ben is Back screening (2019-Feb-7 @ 7 p.m.)

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

The Cinema will screen Ben is Back (Peter Hedges, U.S. 2018, 103 min.) "A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve."

Daughters of the Dust screening

Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House) 900 East Ave., Rochester

The Dryden will screen Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, U.S. 1991, 112 min., DCP) followed by a panel discussion with Nicholle La Vann, Delores Jackson Radney, and Tess Padmore as part of the Black Female Filmmakers series. (And in … Continue reading

The Guilty screening (2019-Feb-7 @ 8:45 p.m.)

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

The Cinema will screen The Guilty (Gustav Möller, Denmark 2018, 85 min.) "A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman."