Monday, October 10, 2011

ICYIZERE:Hope Film Screening

Tuesday, October 18th, 7pm, IU Cinema

Kenyan documentary filmmaker Patrick Mureithi will screen Icyizere: hope, a film about trauma, reconciliation and forgiveness 15 years after the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It focuses on a 3-day gathering of 10 survivors and 10 perpetrators of the genocide as they learn about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and participate in a series of group exercises that help to build trust.

Free tickets to the film must be picked up at the IU Auditorium box office prior to the film.

This Themester event is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences; the Department of History; the Keller Runden Chair--SPEA; the Department of Anthropology; the Department of Political Science; the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology; Communications and Culture; and Film and Media Studies.