The 37th Annual Women’s History Month Film Series
Mondays, February 12 to March 11, 2024
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
104 Gore Hall
Feb. 12: THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT
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The Trials of Darryl Hunt is a feature documentary about a brutal rape and murder case and a wrongly convicted Black man, Darryl Hunt, who spent nearly twenty years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
Feb. 19: MURDER TO MERCY: THE CYNTOIA BROWN STORY
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Cyntoia Brown was 16 years old when she was sentenced to life in prison for murdering her sex trafficker. This case drew the attention of celebrities like Kim Kardashian.
Feb. 26: AND SO I STAYED
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AND SO I STAYED is an award-winning documentary about survivors of domestic violence who are unjustly incarcerated for killing their abusers in self-defense. These women paid a steep price with long prison sentences, lost time with loved ones, and painful memories.
March 4: FALSE CONFESSIONS
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FALSE CONFESSIONS follows four cases of defense attorney Jane Fisher-Byrialsen, including that of Korey Wise who was only sixteen when he was manipulated into a false confession in the infamous Central Park Jogger case, as she fights to put an end to an institutionalized injustice. Examining the complex tactics law enforcement agencies across the U.S. use to coerce false confessions, the film looks at the psychological aspect of how people end up confessing to crimes they have not committed as well as the consequences of these confessions – for those accused, for their families and for society.
March 11: THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE
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THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. The film chronicles The Central Park Jogger case from the perspective of these five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice. Students can meet with and hear a lecture from Mr. Yusef Salaam of the Central Park Exonerees on March 12.
This year’s series is co-sponsored by the University of Delaware departments of Africana Studies, Anthropology, History, Women & Gender Studies; the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events (CAPE), the Library, Museums & Press.
Each film will be followed by a discussion led by a speaker with expertise in the film’s subject matter. The film series is free and open to the public. Students can enroll in WOMS291/HIST291 – a one-credit multicultural course associated with the film series.
The film series is free and open to the public.
