May 16, 2008 @ 8:04 am
Sweet Crude Film Crew Detention in Nigeria — Forum at Kane Hall on May 19
Lives and Truth at Stake in the
A Sweet Crude Forum
The deeper story and larger issues behind the Sweet Crude film crew detention in Nigeria
Monday, May 19th, 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 130, University of Washington
In 2007 worldwide: 86 journalists were killed, 887 arrested, 1511 attacked or threatened.
If cameras are seized, if journalists are silenced, who will tell the truth about the critical stories of our time? Face down this question and others with the Sweet Crude crew and a panel of international journalists, activists and human rights experts.
Tickets $10 / $5 students at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/35133 or at the door.
Doors open 6:30 pm.
More info at www.sweetcrudemovie.com/.
This event is supported by Amnesty International Puget Sound; Committee to Protect Journalists; Seattle Arts & Lectures; Silverstein Thomas Rice and Associates; UW Center for Global Studies; UW Law, Societies and Justice Program; UW Program on the Environment; UW School of Law; UW Simpson Center for the Humanities.
