The panel will kick off with a short documentary clip about how the movie was made, according to a University press release.
The discussion will begin at 3 p.m. and is titled “The Kinsey Legacy: Sex, Science and Film.”
After the clip is shown, a panel will address the film as well as the overall significance of the Kinsey Institute.
Professor of psychological and brain sciences and former director of the Kinsey Institute Julia Heiman, professor of history and director of communications at the Kinsey Institute Jennifer Bass and Kinsey Institute senior research fellow Judith Allen will sit on the panel, according to an IU news release.
The film’s director, Bill Condon, Liam Neeson and others involved with the project came to Bloomington in 2003.
“We had a few magical days when Bill Condon, Liam Neeson, the set designer Richard Sherman and the producer Gail Mutrux came to visit,” Bass said in the release.
Bass has a particularly good memory of Neeson, adding that he had a genuine interest in everyone when he visited campus.
“Liam was so warm and respectful,” she said in the release. “He really understood our concerns about the film, how it would be received and how Dr. Kinsey would be portrayed. I don’t think it was just his acting skills, but he was quite reassuring.”
The film will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday at the IU Cinema. The showing is free, but tickets are required. A short question-and-answer session will follow the screening.
Kathrine Schulze
