| Filmmakers on Film |
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Wednesday, June 06 2007, 7:30pm - 10:00pm |
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| Rory Kennedy will show her film "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" (originally broadcast on HBO). This film looks at how the abuses which occurred in the fall of 2003 at the Iraqi prison still remain etched in our national consciousness. The documentary asks: what do the events that occurred at the prison still say about America? Our government? Our military? Ourselves? The film is built on direct, personal narratives of perpetrators, witnesses, and victims of the abuse to probe the psychology of how typical boys and girls next door can become perpetrators of atrocious acts. It also explores the history of policy decisions dating back to the erosion of the Geneva conventions that contributed to making the abuse a reality.
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