jordan peele explains the sunken place to students during surprise visit to ucla black horror class!

Earlier this year, we reported that My Soul To Keep filmmaker and professor Tananarive Due, who for several years has taught a course on Afrofuturism at UCLA, is now teaching a course titled ‘The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic,” based on the 2017 film Get Out.

The historic class on Jordan Peele’s record-breaking film drew buzz across the country, and with the start of the new school year, has finally debuted. Apparently, it did not disappoint!

On Thursday, Professor Due posted a series of tweets detailing the Get Out director’s surprise visit to her class:

Today we snuck @JordanPeele into a back row while I was screening a scene from Get Out in my #blackhorror class. Then he raised his hand. pic.twitter.com/drXJX5mXcz

— Tananarive Due (@TananariveDue) October 12, 2017

Recreation of my students’ reactions as @JordanPeele walked to the front of the #blackhorror class to field questions. pic.twitter.com/oBfvyiELQo

— Tananarive Due (@TananariveDue) October 12, 2017

.@JordanPeele in today’s #BlackHorror class at @UCLA on The Sunken Place: “I realized it was the prison industrial complex.” So many lives. pic.twitter.com/mDOL7a9JIK

— Tananarive Due (@TananariveDue) October 12, 2017

“It’s the entire system that keeps us down, external and internal.” —@JordanPeele on The Sunken Place in today’s #BlackHorror class. pic.twitter.com/wP4iicQhmz

— Tananarive Due (@TananariveDue) October 12, 2017

Shoutout to @JordanPeele for coming to my Black Horror Aesthetic class and lecturing us on his movie #GetOut ✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/P9P7aRGoV3

— Chef Jay (@Dj_Odyssey_) October 12, 2017

That was fun. https://t.co/OKhrKjGGfN

— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) October 12, 2017

We’re so jealous!