PRE-CONFERENCE FILMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, September-November 1998
September 9, Wednesday 7:00-9:00 p.m., Clemons 201: Film: "Land of Fear," a documentary on Burma by John Pilger. [AUNG SAN SUU KYI]
September 11, Friday 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Newcomb Hall Theatre : "Kundun". A filmed biography of the Dalai Lama. Co-sponsored by Cinematheque of University Union; $2.50 admission. [DALAI LAMA]
September 17, Thursday 4:30-6:30 p.m., Law School, Withers-Brown 101: Film: "Disappeared". [RECONCILIATION]
September 23, Wednesday 7:00-9:00 p.m., Clemons 201: Film: "Battle of Algiers," with an introduction by William Quandt (Government and Foreign Affairs). [CONFLICT]
September 24, Thursday, 8:00 p.m., Cabell Hall 132: "Elie Wiesel: The Poetics and Politics of Witness." Film and panel presentation. [HUMAN RIGHTS]
October 6, Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Brown College Library (on Monroe Hill): Film: "Woza Albert!," a powerful and moving indictment of Apartheid, imagines the consequences of Christ's return to South Africa. Th film will be followed by a discussion led by professors Ben Ray, Religious Studies, and John Mason, History. [TUTU]
October 8, Thursday 4:30-6:30 p.m., Law School, Withers-Brown 101: Film: "The Peacemaker." [ARIAS]
October 12, Monday, 9:00 p.m., Clemons 201: Film: "Sacrifice." [AUNG SAN SUU KYI]
October 19, Monday 7:30 p.m., Wilson Hall 402: Film: "Jennifer, Everado and the CIA in Guatemala," introduced by Tim Weiner, National Security correspondent for the New York Times. [MENCHU TUM]
October 22, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Clemons 201: "The Campaign to Ban Landmines: History and Politics" (videotapes and discussion). [J. WILLIAMS/ICBL]
October 22, 7:00 pm, Hereford College: "The Courage of Conscience: Archbishop Tutu and the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa," a video examing the relationship between Archbishop Desmond's Tutu's faith and his role in the liberation stuggle in South Africa during the 1970s and '80s. Afterwards Professor William Anderson, Counseling and Psychological Services, will lead a conversation about individual conscience and social action.