[CU-Movies] Free Lecture by Mark Zupan, from Murderball (2005), at Illini Union

[David L. Noreen]

     Hey, anybody remember the film "Murderball" from the 2005 Ebertfest? This was the description from "Inside Illinois" from back then:

Thursday, April 21, 2005
1 p.m. – “Murderball” (2005), a documentary about full-contact wheelchair rugby. Appearing as guests will be star player Mark Zupan, famed coach Joe Soares, directors Dana Adam Shapiro and Henry Alex Rubin, and producer Jeff Mandel.

     Well, star player Mark Zupan from that film will be giving a free lecture at the Illini Union this Wednesday night at 7 pm:

An Evening with Mark Zupan “Murderball: Smashing Stereotypes One Hit at a Time” Lecture
Wednesday, April 29 7PM
Illini Union Illini Rooms B&C
Featuring: Mark Zupan, from the featured documentary “Murderball,” a wheelchair rugby player.


A poster for the event is at this URL:

http://www.iuboard.illinois.edu/pics/zupan.jpg

and Roger Ebert’s review of Murderball is here:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050721/REVIEWS/50607001/1023

See you there!