Program

Index:
Thursday, April 3
Friday, April 4
Saturday, April 5
Sunday, April 6

Thursday, April 3

7:00-9:45pm

Film Screening
Letters from Iwo Jima (2007, 144min.)
Directed by Clint Eastwood

 

Friday, April 4

4:00-6:15 pm

Film Screening
Flags of Our Fathers (2006, 132min.)
Directed by Clint Eastwood

6:30-7:00pm

Reception Davis Museum Lobby

7:15-8:00pm

Introduction and Welcome
Kim Bottomly, President of Wellesley College
Keynote Speech
Dr. Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University

8:00-9:15pm

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Roxanne Euben, Political Science Department
Dr. Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University
Nicolas DeWarren, Philosophy Department
Kathy Moon, Political Science Department Department
Craig Murphy, Political Science Department Department

9:30-11:15pm

Film Screening
In The Valley of Elah (2007, 119 min.)
Directed by Paul Haggis

 

Saturday, April 5

10:00-12:00pm

Film Screening and Discussion
Three Kings (1999, 114 min.)
Directed by B. David O. Russel

12:00-12:45pm

Lunch - Collins Cafe

12:45-2:30pm

Film Screening and Q&A
Ghosts of Abu-Ghraib (2007, 90 min.)
Directed by Rory Kennedy

2:30-2:45pm

Break

2:45-4:00pm

Film Screening and Q&A
Afghanistan Unveiled (2003, 50 min.)
Directed by Bridgette Brault and Aina Women's Film Group

4:00-4:15pm

Break

4:15-6:00pm

Film Screening and Discussion
Road to Guantanamo (2006, 85 min.)
Directed by Michael Winterbottom

6:00-7:30pm

Dinner - Collins Cafe

7:30-9:00pm

Panel Discussion

Stacie Goddard, Political Science Department
Rob Paarlberg, Political Science Department

9:00-9:15pm

Break

9:15-11:35pm

Film Screening
Devils on the Doorstep (2000, 139 min.)
Directed by Jiang Wen

 

Sunday, April 6

9:30-11:30pm

Film Screening and Q&A
Blues by the Beach (2004, 80 min.)
Directed by Joshua Faudem

11:30-12:15pm

Lunch - Collins Cafe

12:30-1:30pm

Film Screening and Q&A
Occupied Minds (2005, 58 min.)
Directed by Jamal Dajani & David Michaelis

1:30-1:45pm

Break

1:45-3:30pm

Film Screening and Q&A
The Color of Olives (2007, 97 min.)
Directed by Carolina Rivas

3:45-5:15pm

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Lara Tohme - Art Dept
Anna Ronell - Jewish Studies
Ivan Arreguin-Toft - Political Science Department
Carolina Rivas, Director of the Color of Olives
Daoud Sarhandi, Editor and Producer of The Color of Olives
Jamal Dajani, Co- Director of Occupied Minds
David Michaelis, Co- Director of Occupied Minds
Fran Stauss-Baxter and Jack Baxter, Producers of Blues by the Beach

5:15-5:30pm

Break

5:30-7:15pm

Closing Panel and Discussion with Students
Nicolas DeWarren, Philosophy Department
Kathy Moon, Political Science Department
Craig Murphy, Political Science Department
Students

7:30-9:00pm

Closing Reception (Invited guests only)
Slater International Center