Wed, May, 6:00 PM | KINOMUZEUM (MSN)
Discussion: The History of American Imperialism
after the screening of FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS – NOTES AND IMAGES FROM THE VIET NAM WAR, dir. Jill Godmilow
Partners: American Studies Center, University of Warsaw, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Jasna 10: Krytyka Polityczna’s Community Cultural Institution, Lambda Warszawa, QueerMuseum
In his 2022 film, Godmilow revisits the facts regarding the scale of US military operations in Vietnam, the crimes committed against the civilian population and the ecosystem. He highlights the role played by war correspondents reporting on these events in making people realise that military action does not lead to peace, but to a cycle of violence. Godmilow emphasises that it was the heroic work of war correspondents that enabled the public resistance and protests, which contributed to the end of the military operations. In the discussion, Dr Jan Smoleński will talk about the history of US imperial military operations.
Guest:
Dr Jan Smoleński – political scientist and researcher of American political thought. He lectures at the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw. He is a former journalist at Krytyka Polityczna and Tygodnik Powszechny.
Moderators:
Dra Krystyna Mazur – cultural studies scholar and Americanist, co-curator of the section ‘The Usage of Anger’ and the Barbara Hammer film retrospective (MDAG 2024), researcher in literature, American film and queer studies. She lectures at the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw.
Dra Gabriela Sitek – co-curator of the section ‘The Usage of Anger’ and the Barbara Hammer film retrospective (MDAG 2024).
