This special evening of music will showcase local Charleston Singer/Songwriters while raising money to support the Halsey Institute's programming. In addition to the music entertainment, guests will also be able to enjoy visual, "Timeless" entertainment provided by the John C. Rivers Communications Museum.

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FILM DESCRIPTION:
In 1994, hundreds of thousands of Rwandan Hutus were incited to wipe out the country's Tutsi minority. From the crowded capital to the smallest village, local 'patrols' massacred lifelong friends and family members, most often with machetes and improvised weapons. Announced in 2001, and ending this year, the government put in place the Gacaca Tribunals—open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while traumatized survivors are asked to forgive them and resume living side-by-side. Filming for close to a decade in a tiny hamlet, award-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion has charted the impact of Gacaca on survivors and perpetrators alike. Through their fear and anger, accusations and defenses, blurry truths, inconsolable sadness, and hope for life renewed, she captures the emotional journey to coexistence. There, over time, Aghion charted the emotional impact of a system of local open-air courts that adjudicates genocide crimes, and returns killers to their homes in exchange for confessions. My Neighbor My Killer is the culmination of ten years of documenting Gacaca justice in Rwanda.
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FILM DESCRIPTION:
In 1994, hundreds of thousands of Rwandan Hutus were incited to wipe out the country's Tutsi minority. From the crowded capital to the smallest village, local 'patrols' massacred lifelong friends and family members, most often with machetes and improvised weapons. Announced in 2001, and ending this year, the government put in place the Gacaca Tribunals—open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while traumatized survivors are asked to forgive them and resume living side-by-side. Filming for close to a decade in a tiny hamlet, award-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion has charted the impact of Gacaca on survivors and perpetrators alike. Through their fear and anger, accusations and defenses, blurry truths, inconsolable sadness, and hope for life renewed, she captures the emotional journey to coexistence. There, over time, Aghion charted the emotional impact of a system of local open-air courts that adjudicates genocide crimes, and returns killers to their homes in exchange for confessions. My Neighbor My Killer is the culmination of ten years of documenting Gacaca justice in Rwanda.
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Exhibition walk-through

Exhibiting photographer Heather McClintock will take guests on a walk-through in the Halsey Institute’s gallery where her photographs are displayed. The talk begins at 4pm on Fri., February 19 in The Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts on Calhoun St. McClintock will walk through her exhibition The Innocents: Casualties of the Civil War in Northern Uganda with guests and recount the remarkable story of her time spent in Uganda photographing and interacting with the victims of the 20-year civil war. This informal environment with the artist allows for an enhanced impact of the photographs’ narratives and intimate knowledge of the struggle this torn nation faces. She started documenting the struggles of the Acholi tribe of Northern Uganda in 2006. They have lost their children and homes to this extensive and brutal civil war only to be moved into Internally Displaced Persons camps set up by the Ugandan government. McClintock states that her images only touch on the Acholi’s unimaginable suffering.
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Recital Hall, Simons Center for the Arts
Q&A with Ashley Gutierrez, Invisible Children Inc. staff member, to follow

FILM DESCRIPTION:
In the spring of 2003, three young Americans traveled to Africa in search of a story. What they found was a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them, a story where children are used as both weapons and victims. The Rescue of Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers exposes the effects of a 20-year-long war on the children of Northern Uganda. There, children live in fear of being abducted by rebel soldiers and forced to fight in their violent army. It is truly refreshing to see Africa through young American eyes. This documentary is both humorous and heartbreaking, quick yet informative. Audiences started asking "What can we do?" and so, a non-profit was born: Invisible Children, Inc. While providing leadership and inspiration to this not-for-profit, the filmmakers are currently working on a feature-length documentary of this story, soon to be released internationally. The Rescue of Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers is an updated version of Invisible Children: Rough Cut.

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Juried by Mary Jane Jacobs
Thurs. April 1 - Tues. April 27, 2010

EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION:
Each spring, current College of Charleston students may submit recent work to the Young Contemporaries annual, hoping to exhibit in the professional gallery setting of the Halsey Institute. An outside juror is brought in to curate the exhibition.

Thurs. May 27 - Fri. July 16, 2010

Artist Nick Cave creates sculptural works that he calls "Soundsuits" consisting of brightly colored fabrics, elaborate embroidery, beadwork, raffia, and, other natural materials. Phyllis Galembo's photographic portraits feature masqueraders from the West African countries of Benin, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso. Call and Response: Africa to America / The Art of Nick Cave and Phyllis Galembo pairs the work of these two uniquely American artists, each of whom explores the contours of West African masquerade through their art. The combination of these two artists' work will be a powerful celebration of creativity, imagination, and cross-cultural communication. Call and Response marks the first time these works have been shown togetherand seeks to draw both the obvious and subtle parallels between the works of Galembo and Cave.