Lectures on Tap - "The Cinematic Witch: Power, Gender, and Fear"

Lectures on Tap brings academic lectures to a bar setting. This installment features Professor JR Pepper discussing The Cinematic Witch: Power, Gender, and Fear, tracing how witches on screen have reflected shifting cultural anxieties around gender, sexuality and power since the earliest days of cinema. Pepper, an adjunct art history professor and photographer known for her work in spirit photography, examines iconic films and recurring visual tropes across horror, fantasy and arthouse cinema. The talk is followed by an audience question and answer session with the speaker.