True Grit

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On a mission to find her father’s killer, a 14-year-old girl, a US Marshall and a Texas Ranger are tested as they embark on a quest for justice.

Followed by talk from special guest Professor Troy Jollimore, who has selected the film as part of our Philosophy & Film strand.

Troy Jollimore is the author of four books of poetry and three books of philosophy, as well as numerous articles, essays, and reviews. He is currently a Professor in the Philosophy Department at California State University, Chico. His research interests include normative ethics and meta-ethics; the nature and ethics of personal relationships, particularly friendship and romantic love; the ethics of terrorism and war; the nature of reasons and the relations between moral and other reasons; and aesthetics, in particular philosophy of poetry and music.