NY Times film critic A.O. Scott will give four lectures with illustrative film clips on The Holocaust in Film on consecutive Sunday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 PM starting this Sunday March 20, 2010 at Park Slope Jewish Center (where Mr. Scott is a member) located at Eighth Avenue and 14th Street in Brooklyn. The following details are from the flier:
"The Park Slope Jewish Center is proud to present The Holocaust in Film, a four-session lecture series taught by A. O. Scott, New York Times film critic, with illustrative clips.
"More than a quarter-century after Claude Lanzmann's landmark documentary "Shoah"
and nearly twenty years after Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List," the Holocaust
remains a perennially popular subject in American and European cinema.
"This course will explore some of the ways that a uniquely horrific and painful historical
experience has been commemorated, reconstructed and even turned into
entertainment. We will survey the various genres of the Holocaust film--from
documentaries and non-fiction-based dramas to fantasies and action-adventure stories--
and address some of the ethical challenges they raise. Each of the four sessions will be
organized around a particular theme, with clips from relevant films. These will include
well-known recent Hollywood productions (like 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Defiance,' and
'The Reader') as well as European films ('Voyages,' 'Fateless,' 'A Secret') that may
be less familiar to American audiences.
"March 20: Introduction and overview: history of the Holocaust on film.
March 27: Reconstructing and remembering: documentaries, eyewitness
accounts and survivors' stories.
April 3: Reckoning: movies about the psychology of the perpetrators and the
moral dilemmas of the victims.
April 10: Revisionism, Resistance and Revenge: movies as alternative history.
"A rare opportunity to hear insights from one of the nation's
leading film critics on this important topic.
"Sundays, 7-9 pm
"PSJC Members: $15/session / $40 for the series;
$20/$60 for non-members.
"Park Slope Jewish Center | 1320 8th Ave. (at 14th Street), Brooklyn, NY 11215
F Train to 7th Ave (@ 9th St) or 15th St./Prospect Park | www.psjc.org | 718.768.1453
"Questions?: adulted@psjc.org
Register at 718.768.1453" (text source: flier)
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