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Screening of “Terlena: The Breaking of a Nation” and Discussion

General Programming

dateOctober 2, 2008 timeThursday, 6:15pm EDT location Davis Auditorium, Columbia University, The Schapiro Center
Cosponsor
  • Committee on Global Thought
Notes
  • Free and open to the public
  • No registration necessary
  • First come, first seated
Collage of man in uniform saluting, crowd, person holding framed photo, and elderly woman in hospital bed

Writer, journalist, political analyst, playwright, and filmmaker Andre Vltchek wrote and produced the documentary Terlena: The Breaking of a Nation, a documentary about the destruction of Indonesian intellectuals after the 1965 US-backed military coup in Indonesia. After a screening, Vltchek will raise discussion along with Benedict Anderson, Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Government, and Asian Studies at Cornell University.