Spring 2024
Combining oral history, visual storytelling methods, and documentary performance in a workshop format, this course will reenact court transcripts and contemporary and historic testimonies related to guns and gun violence in America. These reenactments are based on testimonies and documents collected that interpolate the legal issues around guns in the U.S. and the impact of guns on American society especially women, children and communities of color.
In spring 2024, “Reenacting Justice” students Chloe Goorman ’24 and Fisher Hirsch ’26 created their short film to address masculine vs. feminine tropes found in American Westerns, while exploring the notion that gun ownership and use was not unfettered in the “Wild West.” Their film can be viewed here.
