Monday, November 24, 2014

Award-Winning Oscar-nominated Documentary "The Act of Killing" Reception, Screening and Discussion with the Director

December 2 6:30p.m.
Colony Ballroom-Stamp Student Union

The Global Communities Living-Learning Program presents Joshua Oppenheimer, award-winning documentary director and 2014 McArthur Fellow, in this campus premiere. Dr. Shibley Telhami, Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, will lead a Q&A with the director after the screening. The filmmakers follow unrepentant death squad leaders in Indonesia and challenge them to dramatize their role in genocide, producing a unique and powerful melding of art and remembrance. The screening and discussion will be preceded by a reception.

This special event is co-sponsored with the Office of Undergraduate Studies, the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, the Sadat Chair for Peace and  Development, CIDCM, the Honors College, and the School of Public Policy.

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