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Ford Institute to show films on Sudan, Chad and the Congo

Pitt’s Ford Institute and John Prendergast Film Series

Today through Monday

7… Pitt’s Ford Institute and John Prendergast Film Series

Today through Monday

7 p.m.

Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

Free admission

Pitt’s Ford Institute for Human Security will host a three-part film series today through Monday. The films will be documentaries about issues in Sudan, Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo. They were selected by John Prendergast, who co-founded the Enough Project, a group devoted to ending genocide and crimes against humanity. After each film, there will be a Q&A session with Prendergast.

The movie screenings will be as follows:

Feb. 23 — War Child: A Child Soldier’s Story (C. Karim Chrobog, 2008)

Feb. 25 — 3 Points: Peace, Protection, Punishment (Josh Victor Rothstein, 2009)

Feb. 28 — The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo (Lisa F. Jackson, 2007)

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