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PVCC’s Films Talk Back series features a creepy cinema classic: George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Hailed as one of the most influential horror movies of all time, the 1968 zombie flick spawned a legion of sequels, remakes, and reimaginings, giving rise to a subgenre that’s dominated fright nights for decades. The movie follows seven strangers who hole up in a Pennsylvania farmhouse as the undead surround them, offering scathing social commentary on systemic racism in America through its bleak finalé. PVCC professor of sociology and horror film scholar Todd Platts presents a short analysis and conversation following the screening.
Friday 10/24. Free, 7pm. Piedmont Virginia Community College, V. Earl Dickinson Building, 501 College Dr. pvcc.edu
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