Highlights
ICA Film Festival: Hotel Rwanda
ICA SUMMER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: TRANSNATIONAL JOURNEYS
Hotel Rwanda (US, 2004, 121 mins)
Introduced by Eric Morris, IPS Practitioner-in-Residence
Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.
ICA's Summer International Film Festival presents five films around the theme of 'Transnational Journeys'. The films will be screened on consecutive Wednesdays beginning August 6 through September 3, 2008. Films will be introduced by scholars with expertise in the region or theme depicted in the film. For information on the other screenings, go to http://creees.stanford.edu
IPS Practioner-in-Residence
Interview with Eric Morris, IPS Practitioner-in-Residence
Eric Morris most recently served as the UN Recovery Coordinator for Aceh and Nias following the Indian Ocean tsunami of December, 2004. He headed the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees from 2002 to 2005. In 2000-01 he served simultaneously as Special Envoy in the Balkans of the High Commissioner for Refugees and as UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Kosovo. In 1998-99 he was Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on police and judicial reform issues. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, an MA from Yale University, and a BA from Baylor University.