Monday, October 10, 2022
Surprised by Oxford Film Private Advanced Screening
7:00 p.m. — Barrows Auditorium, Billy Graham Hall
The Marion E. Wade Center hosted a private advance screening of the film Surprised by Oxford (2022), from writer/director Ryan Whitaker, produced by Ken Carpenter and Jen Lewis, and based on the award-winning book by Carolyn Weber, Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir. The event included a Q&A with the filmmakers, and a book-signing with the author!
About the film:
“Brilliant but emotionally guarded Caro Drake arrives in Oxford with the singular goal of attaining her Ph.D., but through a turbulent friendship with a charming young man, Caro begins to open herself up to mystery, vulnerability, and love.
Surprised by Oxford invites audiences into the world of romance, reason, and high calling. The true-life story of a college-aged American Caro Drake is a wonder-filled exploration of life’s beauty and complexity, experienced in a manner not entirely dissimilar to C.S. Lewis’s famous awakening nearly a century ago in the hallowed halls of Oxford, England. Romantics, dreamers, and thinkers will be captivated by this story of transformation.” –From https://www.surprisedbyoxford.movie/
Sponsored by the Marion E. Wade Center’s Muriel Fuller Endowment for the Imagination and the Arts.