Reel Talk Features ‘The Mission,’ Hoeckley
, which gives the app community an opportunity to discuss difficult social, philosophical, or theological questions following a film screening, features “,” starring Jeremy Irons and Robert DeNiro, on Friday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in Adams 216 (). The event, hosted by Chris Hoeckley, is free and open to the public. Hoeckley, director of the , earned a doctorate in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School. Hoeckley presents a Phi Kappa Phi lecture, “Peace that Passes Understanding: Four Paths to Opposing War” on Tuesday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. “The Mission,” written by Robert Bolt and directed by Roland Joffé, is about an 18th century Spanish Jesuit priest (Irons) and a converted mercenary and slaver (DeNiro) who work to protect a South American native tribe from pro-slave Portuguese rule. The 1986 film also stars Liam Neeson and Aidan Quinn.