Anthology Film Archives

HISTORY, MEMORY, TRIBUNALS, AND CINEMA

September 17 – September 19

On the occasion of an international symposium entitled “Making History in the Courtroom: From the Soviet Show Trials to the Khmer Rouge Trials”, to be held September 16-17 at the Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan, we are presenting special screenings of three films: Claude Lanzmann’s SOBIBOR (2001), Rithy Panh’s S21: THE KHMER ROUGE KILLING MACHINE (2003), and Christian Delage’s NUREMBERG: THE NAZIS FACING THEIR CRIMES (2006). The focus of the symposium, with papers given by leading international lawyers and historians, will be on the place of the trial in the expression of memory and its impact on the writing of history. Special attention will be paid to the symbolic valence and international visibility of these trials, manifested most obviously in the filming of the procedure as well as in the use of video and film as evidence.

Special thanks to Christian Delage; Peter Goodrich (Cardozo Law School); Sandrine Butteau & Delphine Selles-Alvarez (Cultural Services of the French Embassy); Paul Marchant (First Run Features); Jonathan Howell & Linda Duchin (New Yorker Films); and Marie-Soleil Courcy (Delphis Films).

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