Tuesday, April 14 at 5:30 PM | Classic Sci-fi: Fear of Social Change or Hope for the Future?

Rondell Merrill, professor of sociology and documentary filmmaker, will moderate a discussion on the power of Science Fiction as a tool for social commentary. We’ll talk about Cold War Era science fiction, focusing primarily on television serials like The Twilight Zone, Outer Limita, and Star Trek. What did they have to tell us about our potential future? Did we have reason to fear or was there cause for hope?