The Scorpions: A Home Movie - snuff films from the war in Yugoslavia
An event worth going to:
The Scorpions: a Home Movie
3.00 pm Wednesday 21 November 2007 Small Hall, Richard Hoggart Building,
Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW
In the summer of 1995, 8000 men and boys were murdered in and around Srebrenica region by Serbian forces. These forces included the Scorpions, a Serbian paramilitary unit active in Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo. The Scorpions filmed their activities, including the murder of six Bosnian Muslim civilians. This footage (and related evidence) was subsequently used in the war crimes trials of the Scorpions unit in The Hague and Serbia.
The Scorpions: A Home Movie uses this footage, together with statements of former members and materials recorded by the unit itself in the course of its campaigns, to explore the functioning of a typical paramilitary unit in the Balkan wars - and in other contemporary wars - and to cast light on the personal, intimate aspect of these crimes.
The first UK screening of the documentary (50 mins) will be followed by a presentation and a Q & A session by leading human rights lawyer, Natasa Kandic, Executive Director, Humanitarian Law Centre, Belgrade and producer of The Scorpions, and the acclaimed film-maker and director of the documentary, Lazar Stojanovic.
No tickets are needed to attend this event, but please reserve a place by contacting Jane Offerman (j.offerman@gold.ac.uk), as we anticipate high demand for places. Please note that this film contains scenes of violence and killing, and is unsuitable for young audiences. Adults may also find it distressing.
This event is supported by the Humanitarian Law Centre (http://www.hlc-rdc.org), in partnership with Manchester Aid to Kosovo and its Fragile State - Art from Kosovo outreach and education programme (http://www.makonline.org), and the Global Justice Unit, Goldsmiths (http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/just-change).
For further information about this event, please go to: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/just-change/news-events.php
The Scorpions: a Home Movie
3.00 pm Wednesday 21 November 2007 Small Hall, Richard Hoggart Building,
Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW
In the summer of 1995, 8000 men and boys were murdered in and around Srebrenica region by Serbian forces. These forces included the Scorpions, a Serbian paramilitary unit active in Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo. The Scorpions filmed their activities, including the murder of six Bosnian Muslim civilians. This footage (and related evidence) was subsequently used in the war crimes trials of the Scorpions unit in The Hague and Serbia.
The Scorpions: A Home Movie uses this footage, together with statements of former members and materials recorded by the unit itself in the course of its campaigns, to explore the functioning of a typical paramilitary unit in the Balkan wars - and in other contemporary wars - and to cast light on the personal, intimate aspect of these crimes.
The first UK screening of the documentary (50 mins) will be followed by a presentation and a Q & A session by leading human rights lawyer, Natasa Kandic, Executive Director, Humanitarian Law Centre, Belgrade and producer of The Scorpions, and the acclaimed film-maker and director of the documentary, Lazar Stojanovic.
No tickets are needed to attend this event, but please reserve a place by contacting Jane Offerman (j.offerman@gold.ac.uk), as we anticipate high demand for places. Please note that this film contains scenes of violence and killing, and is unsuitable for young audiences. Adults may also find it distressing.
This event is supported by the Humanitarian Law Centre (http://www.hlc-rdc.org), in partnership with Manchester Aid to Kosovo and its Fragile State - Art from Kosovo outreach and education programme (http://www.makonline.org), and the Global Justice Unit, Goldsmiths (http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/just-change).
For further information about this event, please go to: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/just-change/news-events.php
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