Cinema Series: "The Judge and The General"

Cinema Series with Jorge Heine
Princess Twin Cinemas, 46 King St. North, Waterloo, ON N2J 2W8, Canada
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Tickets are $10/per person and are available at the door.
Open to the Public.

About the Film:
When in 1998 Chilean judge Juan Guzmán was assigned the first criminal cases against the country's ex-dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, no one expected much. Guzmán had supported Pinochet's 1973 coup — waged as an anti-Communist crusade — that left the democratically elected president, Salvador Allende, and thousands of others dead or "disappeared." The filmmakers trace the judge's descent into what he calls "the abyss," where he uncovers the past — including his own role in the tragedy. The Judge and the General reveals one of the 20th century’s most notorious episodes and tells a cautionary tale about violating human rights in the name of "higher ideals." A co-production of Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with Latino Public Broadcasting.

For more information on the film and to watch the trailer click here: http://www.pbs.org/pov/judgeandthegeneral/

Speakers

Jorge Heine, CIGI Distinguished Fellow and Chair

Jorge Heine is CIGI Chair of Global Governance at Wilfrid Laurier University and a Distinguished Fellow at CIGI.