The Webster University Film Series highlights 100 years of cinema. The series presents award-winning films that capture decades, define generations, and evoke nostalgia.
The final film in the series is The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010), a drama about the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits, adapted from The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich, 2009).
In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but Zuckerberg finds that his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend (Andrew Garfield). Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires.
Julia Griffey, Webster University Associate Professor of Interactive Digital Media will present opening remarks.
Please share messages through Twitter with #webster100. The messages will be on screen prior to the screening via Visible Tweets.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 7:30pm
Winifred Moore Auditorium
470 E. Lockwood Ave., St. Louis, MO 63119
$6 for general admission, $5 for seniors (60 +), students from other schools and Webster alumni, and free to Webster University students, School of Communications faculty and staff