Provocative Events Coming to Indy in April
The filmmaker of “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo,” Lisa Jackson, was on the Diane Rehm Show today. Hear her interview here. And see her at Landstone Keystone Arts Cinema Tuesday 5:45 PM, where she will discuss her film as part of the Eric Parker Social Justice Award; or at the Lockerbie United Methodist Church Wednesday at noon.
April 26 - May 1 — Help determine the Eric Parker Social Justice Award! The Eric Parker Social Justice Award honors a film that confronts the audience with urgent social problems and provokes innovative solutions. After each screening of the two finalists, Provocate will hold discussions with audience members & local experts. The discussions — your ideas — will determine the winner of the award. check it out
April 29 — Policy analyst Steven Hayward brings his doubts about human-induced climate change. Looking for well-articulated sneers at environmentalists and their anxieties? Steven Hayward is your guy. check it out
April 29 — The Architecture of Nature: A Talk by Maya Lin . Ever since she was an undergraduate and her design was selected for the Vietnam War Memorial, Maya Lin has been one of the most celebrated and controversial sculpture and landscape artists in America. Her work in Indianapolis continues her use of nature as part of art. check it out
April 29 — Provocate presents discussion of “The Greatest Silence” with director Lisa Jackson. Rape is used as a weapon against tens of thousands of women and children in Congo’s civil war: it destroys families, disrupts the economy by crippling breadwinners, contributes to the HIV/AIDS plague … and because of shame the victims feel they cannot speak and thus suffer from “The Greatest Silence.” Filmmaker Lisa Jackson used a horrific event from her past to engage Congolese rape survivors, to get them to speak. Now Lisa comes to Indy to help us understand how we can be part of helping the Congolese solve their problems. check it out
April 30 — US Defense and Security Policy. More military, less military, or smarter military? And who to whack with it? check it out
April 30 — Commemorate the victims of the Holocaust as part of Yom HaShoah יום השואה , יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורהmeans “Holocaust Remembrance Day,” a day set aside for remembering the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. In Israel, it is a national memorial day; in Indianapolis it is an opportunity for the entire community to come together to reaffirm that we can’t keep letting genocide happen. check it out
