Thursday, September 15, 2011
Don't miss a special screening of Ghosts of Attica at BAM
BAM cinema in Brooklyn is presenting the documentary GHOSTS OF ATTICA with a special panel discussion on Thursday September 15th.Showtimes are 4:30, 6:50*, 9:30pm*Panel discussion follows screening Moderator: Michael Deutsch (Attica Lawyer)Panelists:Brad Lichtenstein (Filmmaker)Elizabeth Fink (Attica Lawyer)Michael Smith (Attica Guard)For more information and to purchase tickets, visit BAM's website.Labels: ghosts of attica, new york, panel, screening
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
A very special event: Conference honoring filmmaker and professor Elizabeth Fernea
Icarus Films is proud to announce a conference organized by the University of Texas Austin in honor of the late professor Elizabeth "BJ" Fernea.
Fernea was a leading scholar, author and filmmaker whose work focused on Women's Issues in the Middle East. Her memoir “Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village” (1965) which detailed her immersion into the lives of the women of Al-Nahra, was a national bestseller.
The conference will take place from October 15 to 17 and is free and open to the public. Click here for more details and a list of speakers, and click here to download the information poster.
For a complete list of Elizabeth Fernea's films distributed by Icarus Films, please click here.Labels: academic conferences, Elizabeth Fernea, keynotes, Middle East, panel, UT Austin, women issues, women's studies
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