It Was Just An Accident: Film Screening & Discussion

It Was Just An Accident poster

Date: Thursday, Apr 9, 2026

Start time: 4:00 PM

End time: 6:30 PM

Location: VCU Academic Commons Theater (907 Floyd Ave, Richmond, VA 23284)

Audience: Open to all

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The Humanities Research Center, the School of World Studies, the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, and the Global Education Office for a free film screening and discussion of “It Was Just An Accident” (dir. by Jafar Panahi, 2025) in the Commons Theater! After the screening, special guests Omid Mehrgan, an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the department of Liberal Studies at New York University, and our own Professor Samaneh Oladi will discuss the film.

Sponsor(s): VCU School of World Studies, VCU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, and VCU Global Education Office

Event contact: Rohan Kalyan, rkkalyan@vcu.edu