This week, Crit Club gets a remarkable education from Spike Lee’s 1988 joint School Daze. In the vein of, and making light of, such rollicking college films as Animal House, et. al., School Daze follows various social groups at an HBCU over Homecoming weekend. They struggle with each other, expectations, and politics both local and global, in hopes of realizing some vision of themselves, however compromised such visions may be. The movie also features Crit Club’s official song of summer 2024. Come hear what we took away from this master class!

And join us next week for a very special Coire pick as we watch the 1995 drama La Haine. It’s special because Coire picked a French movie. Can you imagine??

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