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Events for Tuesday, May 5, 2026

12:00 pm

Access as Carceral Accessory: Documentary Ethics After Disability Justice – Pooja Rangan, Professor, English and Film Studies, Amherst College

May 5 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
2135 SSMS Building, SSMS Building
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4010 United States
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Rangan talk

Rangan's talk, drawn from a book coauthored with Brett Story, examines the contradictions of documentary “access” as both moral imperative and coveted cinematic currency. Prompted by a case in which an Afghan informant was allegedly identified and killed after appearing in a U.S. war documentary, it treats access to restricted or dangerous environments—especially prisons—as a … Continued

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