The World Affairs Council of Northern California Proudly Presents
“Film Screening—Iraq: The Lost Generation”
- When
- Wed May 21, 2008
- Where
- World Affairs Council
- Time
- Registration: 6:00pm; Film Screening & Discussions: 6:30pm
- Cost
- $15
- Tags
- Movies, Other Film
Description
Who: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Award-winning filmmaker and journalistEvent: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the first non-American journalist to be awarded the Livingston Award and the youngest recipient of the One World Media Broadcast Journalist of the Year Award. Obaid-Chinoy began her career with New York Times Television where she produced “Terror’s Children,” which won her the Overseas Press Club Award, the American Women and Radio and Television Award and the South Asian Journalist Association Award. She has produced and reported on more than twelve films around the world and traveled to Afghanistan to report for Channel 4 and CNN. Obaid-Chinoy visits the Council to present her film, Iraq: The Lost Generation, which investigates the largest refugee crisis in the Middle East since the Palestinian diaspora of 1948.
Admission Costs: Council Members: Free, Students: $5, Nonmembers: $15
More Info
- Link
- http://www.itsyourworld.org
- Call
- 415-293-4600
- Contact Form (account required)
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