RPEC Sponsors Anti-War Film and Discussion At VCU

From press release: Discussion of War as Entertainment and the Militarization of Culture Next Wednesday, March 31, join us for a forum on War as Entertainment and the Militarization of Culture at 7p.m. in the Commons Forum Room, in the VCU Student Commons building (907 Floyd Ave.). The showing and discussion is free and open to the public. The […]

March 29, 2010; 8:00 AM • by Oregon Hill

From press release:

Discussion of War as Entertainment and the Militarization of Culture

Next Wednesday, March 31, join us for a forum on War as Entertainment and
the Militarization of Culture at 7p.m. in the Commons Forum Room, in the
VCU Student Commons building (907 Floyd Ave.). The showing and discussion
is free and open to the public.

The forum will include excerpts from the film Militainment, Inc., from the
Media Education Foundation, which offers a thought-provoking and timely
glimpse into the militarization of American popular culture. It examines
how U.S. news coverage has come to resemble Hollywood film, video games,
and “reality” television in its glamorization of war.

The film will be introduced by Dr. Paul Achter, Associate Professor of
Rhetoric, University of Richmond. Following the showing, audience members
will be invited to discuss the presentation with an informal panel
including Adria Scharf, director of the Peace Center, VCU professor Mark
Wood, and Jonny Cecka of the Network of Spiritual Progressives at VCU.

This event is co-sponsored by the Richmond Peace Education Center, the
Network of Spiritual Progressives at VCU, Bon Air Presbyterian Church
Peace Study/Action Group, and the VCU Religious Studies Program. For
more information, contact RPEC at 232-1002 or rpec at rpec.org,
or NSP-VCU at nspvcu at gmail.com.

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