13480: cjc13: SCREENING OF POTE MAK SONJE: THE RABOTEAU TRIAL (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: cjc13@columbia.edu

International Justice Cinema:
A Selection of Films on Haiti, Guatemala and Afghanistan

Haiti Advocacy presents a selection of films on Haiti, Guatemala
and
Afghanistan during International Education Week at the Pratt
Institute, November 17-21, 2002.  The theme is international
justice
cinema and the event, which is free and open to the public, begins
at 7:30 P.M., November 21, 2002, at Memorial Hall, Pratt Institute
in Brooklyn, New York.

"There are very close similarities between the situations of Haiti
and Guatemala, including past military terrorism and popular
demands
for the pursuit of justice.  This calls for greater social science
analysis of international justice, which should include tolerance
of
national pluralism, the abolition of political repression as an
instrument of governance and a reconfiguration of power imbalances
at the level of state relations," according to Dr. Steeve Coupeau,
event coordinator and Executive Director of Haiti Advocacy.   The
event also features Zolaykha Sherzad's video diary on education for
children in Afghanistan.  Following the screening, Christine Cynn
and Lea Rekow will delve into those issues with one regional expert
and audience discussion.

Pote Mak Sonje: The Raboteau Trial (Haiti) (Work-in-Progress)
Christine Cynn / Harriet Hirshorn

Told from the perspective of victims of the massacre, this video
documentary weaves emotional interviews and extraordinary trial
footage with more abstract lyrical images to explore how a
community
mobilized against formidable obstacles-a long history of impunity,
corruption, the lack of infrastructure, extreme poverty, and
illiteracy-to bring about the landmark Raboteau Trial where victims
finally confronted their attackers.

Zones of Conflict (Guatemala)
Lea Rekow

This film diary unearths historical fragments of the United States
policy towards Latin America and military terrorism in post-civil
war Guatemala.  It is a personal impression of the beauty and
violence of Guatemala, as seen through the eyes of the filmmaker,
and told through the accounts of Rafael, a Guatemalan UNICEF
worker.

Directions: Memorial Hall is located at 200 Willoughby Avenue.
Take
the G train to Clinton-Washington.  Exit at the Washington (rather
than Clinton) end of subway.  Walk along Washington one block to
Dekalb.  Turn right and go one block to the corner of Dekalb and
Hall to enter the Pratt Institute.  Posted signs will lead to
Memorial Hall.