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An Afternoon of Films about Bosnia-Herzegovina

Friday, 09 March 2012 04:33

An Afternoon of Films about Bosnia-Herzegovina

Sunday, March 11, 2012, at 1:00 p.m.

HMLC theatre, Jewish Federation Kopolow Building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive

Hosted by the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center

Search for Hope: Sarajevo Haggadah

This ABC News/ Nightline segment traces the almost miraculous story of the 700 year old “Sarajevo Haggadah.” Through this text’s geographic journeys and survival through multiple conflicts, the Haggadah has come to symbolize a city’s endurance. Edward Serotta directed this piece, when Sarajevo was still raw from the war. 1996; USA; 22 minutes.

Ten Minutes

This short film weighs ten minutes in the life of a tourist in Italy against ten minutes in the life of a family living through the siege of Sarajevo. 2002; Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina; 10 minutes.

I Came to Testify

The moving story of how a group of 16 women who had been imprisoned by Serb-led forces in the Bosnian town of Foca courageously stepped forward to testify before an international court of law. Their willingness to bear witness to their inhumane treatment led to new international laws about sexual violence in war. 2010; USA; 52 minutes.

Films will be introduced by Dr. Rita Csapo-Sweet, film scholar, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and by Sonya Stevenson, KETC Channel 9.

Co-sponsors: Centropa, Fontbonne University’s Bosnia Memory Project, St. Louis Rabbinical Association, Congregation Neve Shalom, University of Missouri-St. Louis and KETC Channel 9, with special thanks to Sonya Stevenson and Amy Shaw.

This program is offered in conjunction with the upcoming exhibition Survival In Sarajevo, opening at the Jack C. Taylor Library at Fontbonne University on April 1, 2012.

For information about this film program, please call 314-442-3714 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

For further information regarding the exhibition Survival and Sarajevo and related programming, please call Dr. Ben Moore at 314-889-4553 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Thanks to Dan Reich and Patrick McCarthy for preparing the text for this announcement

Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS)

An Afternoon of Films about Bosnia-Herzegovina

International Cultural Exchange Program 2013-2014