Beyond the Classroom Seminar Series on "Rethinking Human Security" kicks with "The E-Team: Going Behind the Lines to Expose Crimes against Humanity" on Wednesday, February 3rd at 7:00 pm!

Anna, Ole, Fed and Peter are four members of the Emergencies Team — or E-Team — the most intrepid division of a respected, international human rights group (Human Rights Watch). Trained to deal with unfolding crises, the E-Team flies to hotspots all over the world as soon as allegations of human rights abuse surface. Then they get to work — gathering crucial evidence to determine if further investigation is warranted and, if so, to investigate, document, and capture the world's attention. They also immediately challenge the responsible decision makers, holding them accountable. Human rights abuses thrive on secrecy and silence, and the work of the E-Team, backed by their international human rights organization, has shone light in dark places and given voice to thousands whose stories would never otherwise have been told.

Using a cinema verite approach, our camera follows the E-Team investigators in the field as they piece together the actual events that take place in troubled spots around the globe. Together we smuggle across the border into Syria to conduct undercover investigations as the civil war rages; amidst bullets and bombs we watch as Fred and Peter work to halt human rights abuses in the aftermath of the Gaddafi regime. We also spend time with each E-Team member at home — from a quiet farm outside of Geneva to bustling urban lives in Berlin and Paris — as they balance the intricacies of family and personal relationships within the challenges of their exceptional work life.

Though they are different personalities, Anna, Ole, Fred and Peter share a fearless spirit and a deep commitment to exposing and halting human rights abuses all over the world.

·        Winner, Cinematography Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2014.

·        "Dynamic, entertaining, inspiring and devastating." - Variety

·        "…Spellbinding, exceptional." - The Hollywood Reporter

This seminar series is available for credit as UNIV399Z: Rethinking Human Security: Beyond the Immigration and Refugee Crises (1-3 credits)

For details, please see our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1682163772068786/

This seminar series on “Rethinking Human Security: Beyond the Immigration and Refugee Crises”

is sponsored by Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, Office of Undergraduate Studies,

at the University of Maryland, College Park

WWW.BeyondTheClassroom.umd.edu