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Arrival: My Favorite Movie with Shane Harris and Katherine Mangu-Ward
When 12 mysterious spacecraft arrive to Earth in the 2016 film Arrival, they bring with them an eerie question: why are they here? To answer that question, the U.S. military enlists the help of a top linguist, played by Amy Adams, who is tasked with deciphering the extraterrestrial’s language. Her mission is backdropped by escalating threats of war and a particularly fraught distinction: the difference between the translations of “weapon” and “tool.” The film, based on Ted Chiang’s Story of Your Life, is a compelling exploration of language, reality, (mis)communication, and how we understand worlds far beyond our own.
Join Future Tense (New America + Arizona State University) on May 13 to watch and discuss the film with Shane Harris and Katherine Mangu-Ward. The event is free and open to the public, and it will be celebrated alongside the Space Intersections symposium, organized by ASU’s Interplanetary Initiative and led by Jack Traphagan.
Featuring:
Katherine Mangu-Ward, @kmanguward
Editor in Chief, Reason
Shane Harris, @shaneharris
Intelligence and National Security Reporter, The Washington Post
Jack Traphagan
Visiting Scholar, ASU Interplanetary Initiative
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2389984-0
