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Sexmission: Reproduction on Film

Sexmission

9 March 2016, 7:00pm

Old Divinity School, St John's College, ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ

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As part of the ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ Science Festival, ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ Polish Studies and Polish Waves on ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ 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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