Screening/Lecture Event(s)

LIBRARY PRESENTATION

A Classic Film

A Fascinating Lecture

The Borrego Springs Film Institute, the Borrego Springs Film Festival, and the Borrego Springs Public Library are pleased to announce an upcoming lecture/screening collaboration featuring

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE.

11/28 at 4 pm – Screening of The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
11/30 at 4 pm– Talk with Joel Dimsdale on Brainwashing in post-Korea era, with references to the film.

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra), finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and, together with fellow soldier Allen Melvin (James Edwards), races to uncover a terrible plot.

Take in the classic movie and then join UCSD professor Joel Dimsdale a few days later who will discuss his most recent book, Dark Persuasion: The History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media.