Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:02:21 -0400
Subject: Posting for Johnson's Russia List
From: Laurence Jarvik <lajarvik@earthlink.net>
PRESS RELEASE
Vladimir Sinelnikov to Present WORLD WAR III: ³The
Terror Casino²
At National Press Club Zenger Room, Friday September 26th at 4 pm
Vladimir Sinelnikov will present World War III:³The Terror Casino² in the Peter Zenger room of the National Press Club on Friday, September 26th from 4-6 pm. Sinelnikov¹s new one-hour documentary presents a challenging Russian perspective on the origins and ideology of international terror, one seldom seen in the West. Following the screening, blogger (laurencejarvikonline) and filmmaker Laurence Jarvik (Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die?) will moderate a panel discussion with the filmmaker and Novoye Russkoye Slovo critic Oleg Sulkin.
Sinelnikov is a leading Russian filmmaker, having written, directed, and/or produced over 100 films for television including Tetralogy The Bell of Chernobyl (³shelved² by Soviet censors), about nuclear disaster; The Academician Sakharov a Man for all Times, about Russia¹s Nobel Prize-winning dissident; and Oh, Russia, My Russia...People and Power, Artist and Power, about the return of emigre producer Yuri Lubimov to complete his production of Boris Godunov in the Taganka Theatre‹a rehearsal interrupted by Lubimov¹s flight from the USSR ten years earlier; and Mirages and Hopes, about Russian emigration to Israel;.
Among Sinelnikov¹s subjects in World War III:³The Terror Casino² are politicians, religious leaders, scholars, secret service agents, as well as family members of terror victims and those struggling with terror in Muslim nations. It features interviews with Russians such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Alexander Yakovlev (his last interview), Kyrgyz author Chingiz Aitmatov, and Palestinian leaders including Sami Abu-Zuchri, press-secretary of HAMAS. In addition there are interviews with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Rudolph Giuliani, Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Nathan Sharansky. Finally, there is testimony from family members of terror victims. The filmmaker will present, introduce and discuss World War III:³The Terror Casino² with the audience and panel from 4pm to 6pm. Light refreshments will be served. Audio and video recording is permitted. The National Press Club is located at 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004, at the corner of 14th & F Street, NW, at Metro Center. Seating is limited. To reserve a seat, please email lajarvik@gmail.com with the subject line ³RSVP Sinelnikov,² before noon Friday, September 26th.
This event is presented in cooperation with Clotho Studio and the Russian-American Arts Foundation.
Contact:
Leah Shamalov (NY)
Russian-American Arts Foundation
(212) 687-6118
lshamalov@aol.com <mailto:lshamalov@aol.com>
RSVP:
Laurence Jarvik (DC)
http://laurencejarvikonline.blogspot.com
(202) 390-8676
lajarvik@gmail.com <mailto:lajarvik@gmail.com>.
- Back to the Top -