HBO Documentary Films and the Jewish Community Center East Bay Present a Free, Public Screening of Two Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts

HBO Documentary Films and the Jewish Community Center East Bay Present a Free, Public Screening of Two Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts

SMILE PINKI (Oscar-Winner for Best Documentary Short) and THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN (Oscar-Nominated for Best Documentary Short)

Discussion To Follow With Oscar-Winning Berkeley Filmmaker, Steven Okazaki

 SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --    WHAT:   The community is invited to attend a FREE screening of two Oscar           nominated documentary shorts on Tuesday, July 7 at the Jewish           Community Center in Berkeley followed by a discussion with local           filmmaker, Steven Okazaki, whose film "The Conscience of Nhem En"           was nominated for an Oscar for best documentary short.            "The Conscience of Nhem" En is the haunting story of a           sixteen-year-old soldier who took ID photos of thousands of           innocent people before they were tortured and killed by the Khmer           Rouge from 1975 to 1979 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The deeper theme           of the film is silence and complicity, what it means to stand-by           and say nothing in the face of genocide.            "Smile Pinki", from UC Berkeley Journalism School Graduate, Megan           Mylan, is this year's Oscar-Winning documentary short chronicling           Pinki, a 5-year-old girl who was living with a severe cleft in           one of the poorest areas of India, unable to attend school and           ostracized because of her deformity.            "The Conscience of Nhem En" debuts July 8 at 8:00pm on HBO2.           "Smile Pinki" is available via HBO On Demand.    WHEN:   TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2009           6:30 P.M. - Doors Open           7:00 P.M. - Screening           8:15 P.M. - Filmmaker Discussion           8:45 P.M. - Dessert Reception    WHERE:  JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER EAST BAY 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley    INFO:   The public is invited to this free event.           RSVP at https://www.homeboxoffice.com/rsvp/oscarshorts           Info at: 888.684.0385  

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