ICYIZERE: Hope
A Documentary about Trauma, Reconciliation and Forgiveness after the Rwandan Genocide
Thursday, 21 Jan 2010 at 5:30 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
ICYIZERE: Hope is a 90-minute documentary by filmmaker Patrick Mureithi, who traveled to Rwanda to film a gathering of ten survivors and ten perpetrators of the l994 genocide. It documents the experience of the participants as they are taught about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and go through a series of group exercises to help build trust.Director Patrick Mureithi will lead a discussion about ICYIZERE: Hope on Tuesday, January 26, at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall. The event will begin with a screening of a shortened version (45 min) of the film.
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This lecture was made possible in part by the generosity of F. Wendell Miller, who left his entire estate jointly to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. Mr. Miller, who died in 1995 at age 97, was born in Altoona, Illinois, grew up in Rockwell City, graduated from Grinnell College and Harvard Law School and practiced law in Des Moines and Chicago before returning to Rockwell City to manage his family's farm holdings and to practice law. His will helped to establish the F. Wendell Miller Trust, the annual earnings on which, in part, helped to support this activity.
Cosponsored By:
- African American Studies
- Center for American Intercultural Studies
- Center for the Study of Violence
- College of Human Sciences
- International Studies Program
- LAS International Programs
- LAS Miller Funds
- Psychology
- Service Learning Program in Rwanda
- Student Union Board Multicultural Program
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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