Oral Histories Exhibition and Panel DiscussionNovember 14, 2012 |
Screening of the film The Tunnel: The Secret of the Siege of Sarajevo
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Women in Black Photography Exhibition
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| CENCIA is pleased to present a week-long look at the conflict in Sarajevo culminating in the screening of the film The Tunnel: The Secret of the Siege of Sarajevo by Nedim Loncarevic. The film is a powerful story of the secret underground tunnel that the citizens of the city of Sarajevo dug out to escape the four-year long siege during the Bosnian war (1992-1995). The tunnel was used to smuggle the people out of the city, but also to smuggle in food, medicine, and money to the besieged population who lived in terrible conditions. The tunnel became a symbol of the brutality of the Bosnian war, the resilience of the suffering population, as well as the involvement of the international community in the Balkans conflict. After screening the film, a colloquium with the two authors of the film (Beatrice Toulon and Nedim Loncarevic), scholars of the Bosnian conflict (Jelena Subotic, Political Science, Georgia State University, and Stewart Ziff, Arts & Design, Georgia State University) will be hosted. |
| Building up to the film screening, the project will also host a day-long exhibition of video recorded oral histories of Atlantans who either survived the siege, had family affected by the siege or in some way experienced radical life changes directly related to the siege. Additionally, photographer Vesna Pavlovic of Vanderbilt University has photographed women who protested the atrocities and war. Photographs from her series "Women in Black" will be exhibited. Additional work by Vesna Pavlovic is represented in Atlanta by WhiteSpace Gallery. |
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CENCIA appreciates the support of WhiteSpace Gallery in helping to promote this project. |