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"Despite Treblinka" will be screened as part of the "Film and Discrimination" series

May 31, 2008
The Commission for the Fight Against Discrimination and Anti-Semitism of the Central Jewish Committee of Uruguay is organizing the "Film and Discrimination" series, which began on April 17. As part of this series, on May 15, the film "Despite Treblinka," produced by Universidad ORT Uruguay directed by Gerardo Stawsky, a former professor at the School of Communication and Design, was screened at the Colegio Seminario.

The films are screened free of charge on the third Thursday of every month from April through September, at 7:30 p.m. There will be post-screening panels featuring renowned critics and professors from our country.

The schedule is as follows:

April 17 - Florencio Sánchez Cultural Center (Cerro)
Film: "Pasqualino Siete Bellezas". Director: Lina Wertmüller, Italy, 1975.
Panelists: Dr. Hebert Gatto, Federico Beltramelli, M.A., Luis Somma, Psychologist
Moderator: Dr. Alicia Esquivel.

May 15 - Colegio Seminario (Downtown)
Film: "In Spite of Treblinka". Director: Gerardo Stawsky, Uruguay, 2002.
Panelists: Prof. Delia Maxera, Prof. (Anthropology) Aurelio Gómez, Prof. Dr. Miguel Cherro.
Moderator: Dr. Antonio Turnes.

June 26 - Hoyts Alfa-Beta (Pocitos)
Film: "The Great Dictator". Director: Charles Chaplin, United States, 1940.
Panelists: Dr. Jorge Rosa, Prof. Fernando Rodríguez, Fr. Pablo Peralta.
Moderator: Prof. Blanca Rodríguez.

July 17 - Florencio Sánchez Cultural Center
Film: "Silencio Roto." Director: Montxo Armendáriz, Spain, 2001.
Panelists: Dr. Daniel Gil, Cr. Marcos Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Maarabi.
Moderator: Psychologist Rosa Zytner.

August 21 - Colegio Seminario
Film: "Aparte." Director: Mario Handler, Uruguay, 2002.
Panelists: Anthropologist Teresa Porzecanski, Pastor Armin Ihle, Journalist María Inés Obaldía.
Moderator: Roberto Cyjón, Engineer.

September 18 - Hoyts Alfa-Beta
Film: "Light in the World." Director: Elia Kazan, United States, 1947.
Panelists: Carlos Basilio Muñoz, Sociologist; Ana María Mizrahi, Journalist; Rafael Winter, Lic.
Moderator: Dr. María del Rosario Allegue.