“Saint Omer” Screening
***Canceled***
Due to circumstances beyond our control, our screening of “Saint Omer” is canceled. The Center is dedicated to providing programming with the lens of peace and conflict studies and making them accessible to all our students. Please check our website and join us in other events.
Saint Omer (2022)
Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 3:30-6:00 PM (RGC)
This event will be held in person @ 1212 Rio Grande Street | Building 1000, Room 1103 (Multipurpose Room) | Austin, Texas 78701
Rama, a literature professor and novelist, travels from Paris to Saint-Omer to observe the trial of Laurence Coly and write about the case. Coly is a student and Senegalese immigrant accused of leaving her 15-month-old daughter on a beach to be swept away by the tide in Berck. Rama, who is four months pregnant and, like Coly, is in a mixed-race relationship and has a complex relationship with her own Senegalese immigrant mother, feels a personal connection to Coly. She plans to write a modern-day retelling of the Greek Medea myth about the case. As she learns more about Coly’s life and the isolation Coly experienced from her family and society while living in France, Rama becomes increasingly anxious about her own life and pregnancy.
This event will be held in person @ 1212 Rio Grande Street | Building 1000, Room 1103 (Multipurpose Room) | Austin, Texas 78701
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