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Ebert Center Screening: 'Pumping Iron' and the Aestheticization of Politics

Event Type
Film Screening
Sponsor
College of Media, Ebert Center for Film Studies
Location
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
Date
Nov 7, 2024   7:00 pm  
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Originating Calendar
Ebert Center for Film Studies Events, College of Media

The 1977 classic documentary Pumping Iron catches a pre-fame Arnold Schwarzenegger and original Incredible Hulk Lou Ferrigno and many other colorful characters competing to be Mr. Universe 1975. If you like Love Lies Bleeding (Glass, 2024), sports documentaries, 1980s action movies, and Conan the Barbarian vs. the Hulk, Pumping Iron is for you. 

Free and open to the public. Free popcorn. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Introduction by Casey Ryan Kelly, Professor of Rhetoric & Public Culture, University of Nebraska.

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