This film screening and panel discussion takes place tonight (Thursday, October 4) at 6:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Theater, 1st floor, 600 S. Michigan. It is part of the Critical Encounters series http://www.colum.edu/criticalencounters/.
The two films include “Do-Ayay: Our Cause” by the Freedom Campaign; and “Burma: State of Fear” by PBS-FRONTLINE/World. Panelists: Nay Min Tar (Former Burmese Political Prisoner, United Art Students Organization Founder); Nora Rowley, M.D. (Doctors Without Borders—Northwestern Burma); Cary Garber (Assistance Association for Burmese Political Prisoners, Burma); Moderator: André Foisy, M.A. (Adjunct Faculty, Liberal Education, U.S. Campaign for Burma Chicago)
This event will mark the second week of protest in Burma calling for human rights and an end to the ruling military junta. The films and speakers at this event will inform attendants about the current demonstrations in Burma as well as the conditions that led up to these demonstrations.