Film+Talk- Thelma & Louise

With International Women's Day on March 8th, this month we're spotlighting the first feminist road movie: Thelma & Louise. Did this film pave the way for better representation of real women in film, or was it merely a poor attempt by male director Ridley Scott, who subsequently excelled primarily with films featuring predominantly male leads?

Sanne Koevoets will tell us more during a short lecture before the film. She is affiliated with Erasmus University College in the Humanities department, where she focuses on the male vs. female gaze in media, art, and culture.

About the film

Louise works as a waitress in a diner and has problems with her boyfriend, Jimmy, a musician who's always on the road. Thelma is married to Darryl, who prefers his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so he can watch football on TV. One day, they decide to leave their normal lives behind, get in the car, and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens and attempts to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but they're soon hunted down by the American police.