Free Public Screening
“Forgiving Dr. Mengele” Dramatizes explosive moral debate about forgiveness and reconciliation Could Shot and produced by the Chicago-based filmakers Bob Hercules and Cheri
you forgive a war
criminal?
Could
you forgive your worst
enemy if it released you from your past trauma?
Pugh. Hercules is a graduate of WMU’s School of Communication and owner of the Chicagobased television production company Media Process Group. Pugh is a film archivist at the WPA film library.
Forgiving Dr. Mengele is a bold and thought-provoking new feature-length documentary that tells the story of a shocking act of forgiveness by Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor and the firestorm of criticism it has provoked. Eva and her twin sister Miriam were victims of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele’s cruel genetic experiments. “Surprisingly uplifting . . . impossible not to be moved.” -New York Times “This moving film explores the trauma of a Holocaust survivor with rare complexity.” -Entertainment Weekly “Riveting”
-Village Voice
Thursday, April 12 7 p.m. Kirsh Auditorium, Fetzer Center, WMU
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival and the Crystal Heart Award at the 2006 Heartland Film Festival
Afterwards: Co-Sponsored by: WMU’s School of Communication and Center for the Study of Ethics in Society
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Bob Hercules will be available for questions and answers
Free and Open to the Public