The Watchers & the Watched

The Surveillance Project is pleased to present "The Watchers and the Watched: Surveillance in Film". Come join us Jan. 20-22, 2006 in Room 117 Chernoff Hall at Queen's University for a weekend of movies and discussions on surveillance and social control and privacy issues.

Friday, January 20, 2006
Room 117 Chernoff Hall

7:00 pm Introduction
(Dr. David Lyon, Department of Sociology, Queen's University)
Gene Hackman in The Conversation
7:45-8:00 pm Introduction to The Conversation.
(Dr. Dorit Naaman, Department of Film Studies, Queen's University)

8:00-10:00 pm Screening of The Conversation. (Feature Presentation).

Saturday, January 21, 2006
Room 117 Chernoff Hall

1:30-2:15 pm Keynote Speaker
(Dr. Andrew Light, Department of Philosophy, New York University)

2:30-3:30 pm Panel Discussion CANCELLED
(Dr. Andrew Light, Department of Philosophy, New York University)
(Dr. Annette Burfoot, Department of Sociology, Queen's University)

4:00-6:00 pm Screening of Enemy of the State.

7:00-9:00 pm Screening of The End of Violence.

9:15-9:30 pm Introduction to Rear Window.
(Dr. Stephen Marmura, Post-Doctoral fellow, The Surveillance Project, Queen's University).

9:30-11:30 pm Screening of Rear Window.

Sunday, January 22, 2006
Room 117 Chernoff Hall
Minority Report

7:00-7:15 pm Introduction to "Minority Report.
(Alex Caldararu, Master of Arts Candidate, Department of Sociology, Queen's University)

7:15-9:15 pm Screening of Minority Report.

9:30-9:45 pm Introduction to Gattaca.
(David Lavin, Master of Arts Candidate, Department of Sociology, Queen's University)

9:45-11:45 pm Screening of Gattaca.

The Surveillance Project thanks the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG-Kingston), The Faculty of Arts & Science, The Department of Sociology, and the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) at Queen's University for their support of this initiative.