This year’s First Readings selection is the film Oil & Water. Here are a few things of note about Oil & Water and the First Readings program.
- The library has created a website as a part of the First Readings Program.
- Oil & Water is the story of two boys (Hugo Lucitante and David Poritz ’12) coming of age as they confront one of the world’s worst toxic disasters.
- The film was directed by Francine Strickwerda and Laurel Spellman Smith.
- Francine Strickwerda, Laurel Spellman Smith, and David Poritz ’12 will visit campus in the fall to speak to the first-year students.
- This is the First Readings program’s eighth year.
- The First Readings program provides first-year and transfer students with a common experience that introduces them to the pleasures and rigors of academic life at Brown University.
- First Readings is sponsored by the Dean of the College and Brown Alumni Association.
- Make sure to check out the @firstreadings twitter feed for updates.
For more information about Oil & Water or the First Readings program visit the website.