Upcoming Events
Yom HaShoah: Stories of Freedom: What You Do Matters
Sunday, April 11, 2010
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Michael Klahr Center
University of Maine at Augusta
The Holocaust & Human Rights invites you to attend an interfaith service in observance of Yom HaShoah: Stories of Freedom: What You Do Matters. A live performance of The Diary of Anne Frank by the Theater at Monmouth will follow the service. Tickets for the performance are $10.00 per person. Tickets will be provided free for Survivors and their families. Please call 207.621.3530 or email infohhrc@maine.edu to RSVP by April 7, 2010 if you plan to attend.
Series 360° - human rights from all angles
FEBRUARY 2010
Hollywood & the Holocaust
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ROUNDTABLE - Holocaust On Screen: Art, History or Profanity?
Wednesday, February 17, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Students from Colby College lead the community in a lively provocative discussion.
WORKSHOP - Elements of Film: A Primer for Teachers
Wednesday, February 24, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
What are the elements of film? Learn about camera shots and angles, lighting, continuity, and film composition. Presented by filmmaker Charles Rotmil. Pre-registration required.
MARCH 2010
FILM To Be Or Not To Be [1942]
Wednesday, March 3, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
A Polish theater troupe is suddenly enlisted by the Resistance to rescue an American pilot. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch with Jack Benny and Carole Lombard.
LECTURE Up, Up and Oy Vey: Comic Book Superheroes, Jews & the Nazi Holocaust
Wednesday, March 10, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Presenter: Holocaust historian Robert Bernheim, Ph.D.
ROUNDTABLE What’s So Funny About the Holocaust?
Wednesday, March 17, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Join students from local colleges in a discussion certain to arouse passion and controversy.
WORKSHOP Editing Film
Wednesday, March 24, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
Learn to edit film, create film clips, edit audio and insert clips into presentations. Bring your laptop. Presented by Chris Indorf. Pre-registration required.
APRIL 2010
FILM The Pawnbroker [1965]
Wednesday, April 7, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Rod Steiger gives a legendary performance as a lonely, embittered concentration camp survivor facing the loss of his wife. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
LECTURE The Use and Misuse of Holocaust Films in American Classrooms
Wednesday, April 14, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Presenter: Sam Intrator, Ph.D, Smith College
ROUNDTABLE The Holocaust: Who Gets to Tell the Story?
Wednesday, April 21, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Are artifacts, archival records, and survivor testimonies enough to tell the story? Is there room for art?
WORKSHOP Digital Storytelling
Wednesday, April 28, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
Join the MLTI team and learn how to use computer-based tools to tell stories. Bring your laptop. Pre-registration required.
MAY 2010
FILM The Reader [2008]
Wednesday, May 5, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Set in post-WWII Germany, The Reader follows teenager Michael Berg as he engages in a passionate, secretive affair with an older woman named Hanna. Eight years after Hanna‘s disappearance, Michael is stunned to discover her secret.
LECTURE Eroticism in the Face of Atrocity: The Reader’s Ambiguous Exploration of Female Perpetrators
Wednesday, May 12, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Presenter: Audrey Brunetaux, Ph.D, Colby College
ROUNDTABLE Forgiveness and the Holocaust: Does Time Heal All Wounds?
Wednesday, May 19, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
On this question people have strong deeply felt opinions — bring yours to this community discussion.
SPECIAL FILM SHOWING Defiance [2008]
Friday, May 21, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Defiance tells the extraordinary true story of the Bielski brothers, simple farmers who turned a group of war refugees, outnumbered and outgunned, into powerful freedom fighters.
WORKSHOP Teaching with Defiance: Using Film in the Classroom
Saturday, May 22, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Presenters: Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation. Free resources for participants. Pre-registration required.