CLA: Department of History

Women's Law Student Association (WLSA) presents a film screening and discussion of the award-winning 2011 documentary Crime After Crime.

Crime After Crime tells the dramatic story of the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of domestic violence. She was wrongly convicted of the murder of her abusive boyfriend, and given 26 years in prison.

Her story takes an unexpected turn two decades later when two rookie land-use attorneys step forward to take her case. Through their perseverance, they bring to light long-lost witnesses, new testimonies from the men who committed the murder, and proof of perjured evidence. Their investigation ultimately attracts global attention to victims of wrongful incarceration and abuse, and becomes a matter of life and death once more.

Tuesday, October 16
University of MN Law School
7PM in Mondale Hall, Room 25
The film director, Yoam Potash, and an attorney featured in the film will both come for a Q&A session afterwards.

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New Film and Dialogue Series Launches in Twin Cities

Designed for interfaith communities as well as college campuses, "IZUN/MIZAN: A Film and Dialogue Series" (*"Balance" in Hebrew & Arabic) will feature award-winning films that portray the complexity of the Israeli/Palestinian conundrum, followed by an in-depth, respectful dialogue guided by trained facilitators about the issues raised in the film and the conflict itself.

Sponsored by the University of Minnesota's Departments of History, German, Scandinavian and Dutch, Gender and Women's Studies and housed under the Center for Jewish Studies, Izun/Mizan will feature the film above plus two others on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.

• My So Called Enemy (http://mysocalledenemy.com/), Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, 5:30-8 p.m

• City of Borders (http://cityofborders.com/), Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 5:30-8 p.m.

• Precious Life (http://www.preciouslifemovie.com/ ), Thursday, April 19, 2012, 5:30-8 p.m.

Events are free of charge but donations will gladly be accepted at the door.

Dinner will be provided at the University of Minnesota Series.

There will also be a series planned at Macalester College later this Spring.

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