"The film 'No Fire Zone' tells the story of recent
human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. Jim McDonald will lead discussion
afterwards. Join us early at 5:30 for a dinner with Jim at D.K.'s and
ask him about his career as a lawyer and his work on human rights!"
Date: Feb 19, 2015
Time: 7:00pm
Place: Richardson Auditorium, 501 Prospect Avenue, Beloit,
WI
53511
Official Website for "No Fire Zone."
Published on Oct 14, 2014
The
Emmy nominated feature documentary No Fire Zone tells the story of the
final terrible months of the 26-year long Sri Lankan civil war. Directed
by BAFTA and Grierson nominee Callum Macrae the film uses the testimony
of the survivors - and some of the most dramatic and disturbing video
evidence ever seen to tell the story of one of the darkest events of
modern times. This powerful film - described as “one of the most
chilling documentaries I have watched” by British Prime Minister David
Cameron, contains direct evidence of war crimes, summary execution,
torture and sexual violence which was recorded by both the victims and
perpetrators on mobile phones and small cameras during the final 138
days of hell which form the central narrative of the film. One UN report
estimated that as many as 40,000 Tamil civilians died in just a few
weeks. A more recent UN report suggested the death toll may have reached
70,000 or even more. Described by the producers as both a film of
record and a call to action, No Fire Zone is already creating political
waves around the world and has been credited with playing a key role in
convincing the United Nations to launch an international inquiry into
the events it describes: An inquiry scheduled to report back the United
Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva in March 2015
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