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Cesar Chavez Directed by Diego Luna (United States, 2014) A leader, a community, and a social movement that changed America.  After the film, CLAS chair Harley Shaiken will moderate a conversation with:Diego Luna, director; Arturo Rodriguez, president, United Farm Workers; and Maria Echaveste, Berkeley Law School. Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, Canana, the Office of the Chancellor, and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost. Ticket information and more Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 7:00 pm Wheeler Auditorium, Wheeler Hall

Link: http://gspp.berkeley.edu/calendar/event/movie-screening-panel-forced-confes= sions-a-documentary-by-iranian-canadian *WHAT: *Movie Screening "Forced Confessions", a documentary by Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, and Panel Discussion by Hadi Ghaemi and Omid Memarian *WHEN:* Tuesday, April 9th, 6-9pm *WHERE: *Goldman School of Public Policy, Room 250 For the first time on film, six victims of Iran's torture chambers speak. These are not criminals, but acclaimed writers, journalists, and scholars. The film is narrated by director *Maziar Bahari*, who was forced to falsely admit in front of a television audience of millions aborating with foreign intelligence agencies in helping to orchestrate Iran's popular uprising. *Hadi Ghaemi*, Executive Director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, and *Omid Memarian*, journalist and a survivor of forced confessions featured in the film, will later answer questions from the audience. *FILM SYNOPS...

Upcoming screening of Unfinished Spaces, a wonderful documentary that explores the rise and fall of Cuba’s avant-garde National Art Schools project. We will be presenting the film at the Vogue Theater in partnership with the San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation in celebration of Latino Heritage Month. Architect and architectural historian John Loomis will lead a post-screening discussion about cultural inheritance, architecture, and preservation in Cuba. The screening will take place on Saturday, October 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $10 for Heritage members and students and $12 for the general public. Unfinished Spaces screening on October 13 In celebration of Latino Heritage Month, Heritage and the San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation will co-present a special screening of Unfinished Spaces , a documentary by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray on the Cuban National Art Schools. Conceived by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in the aftermath of the Cuban Revo...