Professor Safia Swimelar’s POL389 class on International Human Rights will be screening several films over the next two months. The third of their film series is “September 11-11’09’01” and will be shown in KOBC 101 (Digital Theater) on Tuesday (Oct. 28) at 7:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity to get cultural event credit while learning about human rights.
Synopsis:
Eleven directors from 11 different countries create an 11-minute, 9-second film as a response to the 9/11 attacks. The countries include: Britain, India, Israel, Bosnia, Burkina Faso, Israel, France, United States, Mexico, Japan, Egypt and Iran. The film encourages one to fit the 9/11 attacks into a broader global framework and to see the tragedy from different perspectives. Some of the directors include Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic (Bosnia-winner of best Foreign Film Academy Award in 2001); Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros).
If you have any questions at all, please contact Katie Meyer (kmeyer3@elon.edu) for more information!
Note: Swimelar’s International Human Rights course (POLS 389) has organized this human rights film series to spread awareness at Elon of diverse and global human rights issues and to examine the role of images and film in our understanding of human rights. As part of their course requirements and for educational purposes only, students will briefly present on different aspects of the film and will lead a discussion with the audience.