'Breaking the Silence: Torture Survivors Speak Out'

03/02/2008 - 12:30pm
03/02/2008 - 2:30pm

Documentary Film Screening

 

CRLN member Jeanne Foley has arranged for the screening of the film 'Breaking the Silence: Torture Survivors Speak Out' - this is a powerful documentary that some CRLN members saw for the first time in Georgia, at the SOA Vigil.  It is highly recommended.

 

The screening will be held at:

 

Thomas Apostle School
Room 104
5467 Woodlawn Ave
Chicago 
Enter the south door of the school that faces the parking lot.
For more information, contact Jeanne Foley at (773) 306-8421.  

 

John F. Kennedy said in 1961, "Even today, there is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it."  There is much talk of torture today but little media attention given to its survivors.  It is a topic that directly impacts our soul as a nation and one that we need to be clear about. Today, more than 150 governments use torture.  In Chicago alone, there are over 45,000 survivors of torture, according the Kovler Center for Survivors of Torture.  This film was made by survivors themselves, to raise awareness and to call for action to build a world of zero tolerance for torture.