Stanford Screening: The Whistleblower of My Lai
Date:
Thu, 10/25/2018 - 7:15pm - Wed, 10/31/2018 - 9:30pm
Location:
Stanford University, Anderson Collection
Event Type:
Other Very exciting opportunity to see a screening on campus of the documentary film our own Dr. Jonathan Berger's opera My Lai! Free for students with valid student ID.
"The Whistleblower of My Lai is a unique fusion of opera and documentary that blends the emotional crystallization of a dramatized human story with the concreteness of real life images. It tells a story that captures both the best and worst of humanity through the examination of one incident in one man’s life: Army helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson who was considered a traitor because of his discovery and exposure of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
The opera is created by composer Jonathan Berger and librettist Harriet Chessman, and performed by the Kronos Quartet, tenor Rinde Eckert and master Vietnamese musician, Vân-Ánh Võ. The richly evocative score by Berger alternates between bursts of dense, frenzied activity and slow, hymn-like harmonies of aching sweetness.The music underscores the drama with unerring clarity. The combined effect is hauntingly beautiful."
For more information, or to buy tickets: http://www.unaff.org/2018/f_WhistleblowerOfMyLai.html
For more information, or to buy tickets: http://www.unaff.org/2018/f_WhistleblowerOfMyLai.html
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