By Michelle Hines, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-5371
Posted 10-30-08
GREENSBORO, NC – “Greensboro: Closer to the Truth,” a documentary about the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission, will be screened Wed., Nov. 12, at UNCG.
The film begins at 6:30 p.m. in Room 100, Ferguson Building. The event is free and open to the public.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Adam Zucker, the director; Dr. Spoma Jovanovic, UNCG communications professor and community activist; Dr. Muktha Jost, former commissioner and A&T professor; Rev. Mark Sills, former commissioner; and Joseph Frierson of the Beloved Community Center’s Local Task Force for the Greensboro Truth and Community Reconciliation Project. Audience questions are welcome.
“Closer to the Truth” documents the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the first such commission in the U.S., formed in response to the 1979 “Greensboro Massacre” when Klansmen crashed an anti-Klan rally, killing five members of the Communist Workers Party.
The screening, sponsored by the UNCG Center for Critical Inquiry’s Human Rights Research Network, is part of UNCG’s International Human Rights Film Festival
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For more information, visit http://www.greensborothemovie.com/ or email questions to humanrightsresearch@gmail.com.
