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Campus Briefs: Film shows war through Iraqi woman's eyes

Issue date: 3/26/09 Section: News
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The film "My Home, Your War" will be presented at 5 p.m. today in the Doudna Lecture Hall.

The film looks at the effect of the Iraq War through the eyes of an ordinary Iraqi woman. Director Kylie Grey shot the film in Baghdad over a three-year span before, during and after the invasion of Iraq. The event is free and open to the public.


Focus of film famous fighter pilot

The film "Krylya (Wings)" will be presented at 7 p.m. today in the Doudna Lecture Hall.

The film portrays a once-famous fighter pilot and loyal Stalinist, Nadezhda Petrovna, now a 41-year-old provincial schoolmistress. Director Larisa Shepitko shows how Petrovna cannot adjust to life in peacetime.


-Compiled by Associate News Editor Emily Zulz
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