Friday, November 1, 2024
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Snell Library, Room 160
360 Huntington Ave, Boston
Break the Game: Documentary Screening and Filmmaker Q&A
Join Northeastern’s Center for Communication, Media Innovation and Social Change and the LGBTQA Resource Center for a film screening of Break the Game. This documentary follows Narcissa Wright, a world-record-holding gamer who loses her fanbase after coming out as a transgender woman and attempts to win them back by setting a new record in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Break the Game, which draws from an archive of over 3,000 hours of Wright’s livestreams, “is a moving exploration of gamer culture, the realities of online harassment, and the mental health implications of living a digital life.”
Afternoon snacks and beverages will be served, and there will be a post-screening discussion with filmmaker Jane Wagner that will be moderated by Professor Michael Ann Devito.
Reserve tickets to the event, which is free, here.
