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...these disasters are repeated in human history.” Although much of his interest in genocide was sparked by the Balkan wars of the 1990s, Forgács decided not to be a contemporary documentarian and to focus instead on past events that shed light on the present. “I wouldn’t go to Bosnia,” he said. “There are more devoted documentarians who would do it.” Forgács’s method of telling history is very different from traditional historical narratives. He shows clips...
...constituencies are Jews and NPR listeners. So those are the people who will buy my book! THC: At Harvard you concentrated in applied math and economics, but at the same time had journalism internships with five major publications, which obviously seem to pertain much more to your present occupation. Did your academic concentration influence your current job at all?JL: Definitely, in certain ways. Applied math is really hard. Most of the time, you didn’t understand what your professor was saying and had to have your TF explain it to you later. So at a certain point...
...keynote speaker, introducing each film before screenings.“About Baghdad” was filmed in Baghdad in 2003, immediately after the initial wave of major combat operations had ended. The film collects many personal accounts of life in Iraq, highlighting the effects of past and present intervention by the United States. Since its release, “About Baghdad” has been featured as an official selection at many film festivals around the world.Antoon hopes his documentary will fill a void that he perceives in most recent films about the conflict in Iraq. “There...
...jazz encouraged him to make it a part of his work at Harvard. “I found as a music educator and just as a person, I loved all kinds of music but really jazz I found an affinity with,” he says. Jazz was hardly present at Harvard when Everett arrived. He says that there were no jazz activities, and jazz was not considered a subject suitable to academic study. “It was a while before it was really academically acceptable,” Everett says.Everett did not begin teaching a course on jazz...
...Mass. Hall once was home to the likes of John Hancock and John Adams, and the College is right in realizing that the 14 members of the class of 2012 lucky enough to be placed in Mass. Hall next fall are invaluable players in the building’s present and future...