Date:
Saturday, February 17, 2007.
1:00 PM.<BR/>
Location: Cubberley Auditorium<BR/><BR/>
<p>The Action Flick You Were Never Meant to See:</p>
<p>Kurtlar Vadisi Irak (dir. Serdar Akar, Turkey, 2006)</p>
<p>An elite Turkish commando squad infiltrates the Kurdish region of US occupied Iraq. What they find their supposed American allies are involved in is too shocking to contemplate-- murder squads, extortion, organ dealing and more. Not in our name indeed. This film was a spin off from a hugely popular Turkish TV series, and went on to be one of the biggest grossing</p>
<p>films in all Turkish cinema history. It has also enjoyed great popularity in Europe and the Middle East. It was due for a limited American release in December 2006, but was quietly dropped at the last minute after a letter from the Anti-Defamation of B'nai Br'ith to the film's US distributors objected to "the incendiary anti-Jewish and anti-American themes and characters in the film".</p>
<p>As a service to the Stanford academic community at large, the Stanford Continuing Studies Program in collaboration with the Middle East Collection</p>
<p>of the Stanford University Libraries, and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford offer you the chance to see this important film for yourself. On Saturday Feb 17, 2007 from 1:00-4:00 PM we offer a special free showing of Kurtlar Vadisu Irak at the Cubberly Auditorium at Stanford.</p>
<p>Before the showing, Stanford Middle East film expert, David Giovacchini wil offer some insights into the political and cultural nuances of the film.</p>
<p>Afterwards, a panel of scholars will discuss the</p>
<p>issues of censorship, film making and foreign policy it raises. Non-stop screen action, intellectual stimulation, and real political controversy in one program, this is an event not to be missed.</p>
<BR/>
Saturday, February 17, 2007.
1:00 PM.<BR/>
Location: Cubberley Auditorium<BR/><BR/>
<p>The Action Flick You Were Never Meant to See:</p>
<p>Kurtlar Vadisi Irak (dir. Serdar Akar, Turkey, 2006)</p>
<p>An elite Turkish commando squad infiltrates the Kurdish region of US occupied Iraq. What they find their supposed American allies are involved in is too shocking to contemplate-- murder squads, extortion, organ dealing and more. Not in our name indeed. This film was a spin off from a hugely popular Turkish TV series, and went on to be one of the biggest grossing</p>
<p>films in all Turkish cinema history. It has also enjoyed great popularity in Europe and the Middle East. It was due for a limited American release in December 2006, but was quietly dropped at the last minute after a letter from the Anti-Defamation of B'nai Br'ith to the film's US distributors objected to "the incendiary anti-Jewish and anti-American themes and characters in the film".</p>
<p>As a service to the Stanford academic community at large, the Stanford Continuing Studies Program in collaboration with the Middle East Collection</p>
<p>of the Stanford University Libraries, and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford offer you the chance to see this important film for yourself. On Saturday Feb 17, 2007 from 1:00-4:00 PM we offer a special free showing of Kurtlar Vadisu Irak at the Cubberly Auditorium at Stanford.</p>
<p>Before the showing, Stanford Middle East film expert, David Giovacchini wil offer some insights into the political and cultural nuances of the film.</p>
<p>Afterwards, a panel of scholars will discuss the</p>
<p>issues of censorship, film making and foreign policy it raises. Non-stop screen action, intellectual stimulation, and real political controversy in one program, this is an event not to be missed.</p>
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