In keeping with this year's theme, we
offer this collection of outstanding films. Check
the schedule.
Waco: The
Rules of Engagement
Produced by Dan Gifford
(1997, 136 min.)
The stunning Academy Award nominee which
dissects the federal assault on the Branch Davidian compound in 1993.
The film looks deeply into the apocalyptic religious attitude of David
Koresh and his followers and reveals disturbing truths about the climactic
confrontation and congressional investigation.
Discussion with Producer Dan Gifford
10 Seconds
Produced & Directed
by Christophe Joly (1998, 10 min.)
In a society with a different view of
justice, a new of form of capital punishment is an organized manhunt.
Discussion with filmmaker Christophe
Joly
Children
of Abraham
Produced by Leah Green
(1999, 35 min)
In January of 1998, 22 Jewish Americans
traveled to Israel and the Palestinian territories as part of the Compasionate
Listening Project. This documentary chronicles their journeys as they visit
and listen to Israelis and Palestinians and seek to understand the complexities
of religious, political and human rights issues.
Enemies
of War
Produced & Directed
by Esther Cassidy (1999, 60 min.)
A US Congressman, an ex-Ambassador, an
American priest and a Salvadoran family give eyewitness accounts of the
end of El Salvador's 12 year civil war. This one hour documentary
examines the brutal murders of 6 Jesuit priests during that war and questions
the US government's policy in El Salvador.
Discussion with Father Robert McChesney,
S.J.
Forgotten
Fires
Produced & Directed
by Michael Chandler (1998, 57 min.)
An exploration of the devastating consequences
of prejudice in Manning, South Carolina. The film follows the events which
led four members of the KuKlux Klan to burn two local African-American
churches.
Our Parents
Produced and directed
by Marisa and Ruben Mowszowski (1999, 26 min.)
The deeply moving story of a family of
elderly Jews who come together after one of their sisters has died and
talk about life, death, immortality, resurrection, eternity and the soul.
Night and
Fog (Nuit et Brouillard)
Directed by Alain Resnais
(1955, 30 min.)
A hypnotic, horrific meditation on the
Nazi death camps, featuring devastating footage of Holocaust victim and
survivors.
Final Blessing
Produced by Martin Doblmeier
(1997, 52 min.)
A film looking at the spirituality of
terminally ill patients as they approach and deal with death.
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