From October 30 through the end of the semester, join us for a series of films and community conversations exploring processes of reconciliation. How have individuals and groups who have experienced the Holocaust, war, genocide, apartheid, and discrimination of various kinds re-imagined justice and developed frameworks for promoting peace and working through collective trauma? Each event in the series will take place in UNCW’s Lumina Theater and will be followed by an audience conversation led by a panel of faculty experts.

On Monday, November 13 (7pm), our second film will be Long Night's Journey into Day (2000). Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, this film focuses on post-Apartheid South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Long Night's Journey into Day follows the stories of white soldiers who have killed African National Congress activists and black activists who have killed whites in political attacks and it considers the role of governments in administering justice and pursuing reconciliation after decades of state-mandated segregation. Conversation following the film will be led by Dr. Elizabeth Timbs (History) and more panelists TBA.