黑料正能量

HARRISONBURG, Va. 鈥� The Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at 黑料正能量 (黑料正能量) and WVPT-TV are co-sponsoring a special public screening of the documentary 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, in Lehman Auditorium on the campus of 黑料正能量.

Following the screening, which will include a short preview of the five-part documentary series 鈥� distinguished alumna and will speak of her experiences and take questions from the audience.聽Gbowee is one of the peace activists featured in 鈥淧ray the Devil Back to Hell鈥�鈥攁n astonishing story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war, winning a once unimaginable peace for their shattered country in 2003.

鈥淲omen, War & Peace鈥� is a bold new five-part PBS television series challenging the conventional wisdom that war and peace is a man鈥檚 domain. The series, which will air on successive Tuesday evenings at 10 p.m. on WVPT/PBS beginning Oct. 11, 2011, spotlights the stories of women in conflict zones from Bosnia to Afghanistan and Colombia to Liberia, placing women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security, and reframing our understanding of modern warfare.

Following the final episode on Nov. 8, 2011, WVPT will broadcast a local follow-up program, co-produced by CJP, which will bring a local and regional perspective to this global story.

Featuring narrators Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis and Alfre Woodard, 鈥�Women, War & Peace鈥� is the most comprehensive global media initiative ever mounted on the roles of women in war and peace.

The five episodes in the series are:

鈥溾�� is the moving story of how a group of 16 women who had been imprisoned and raped by Serb-led forces in the Bosnian town of Foca broke history鈥檚 great silence 鈥� and stepped forward to take the witness stand in an international court of law. Their remarkable courage resulted in a triumphant verdict that led to new international laws about sexual violence in war.

鈥溾�� is the story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war, and won a once unimaginable peace for their shattered country in 2003.

When the U.S. troop surge was announced in late 2009, women in Afghanistan knew that the ground was being laid for peace talks with the Taliban. 鈥溾�� follows three women in Afghanistan who are risking their lives to make sure that women鈥檚 rights don鈥檛 get traded away in the deal.

鈥溾�� travels to Cauca, a mountainous region in Colombia鈥檚 Pacific southwest, where two extraordinary Afro-Colombian women are braving a violent struggle over their gold-rich lands. They are standing up for a generation of Colombians who have been terrorized and forcibly displaced as a deliberate strategy of war.

鈥溾��, the capstone of 鈥�Women, War & Peace鈥�, challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men鈥檚 domain through incisive interviews with leading thinkers, Secretaries of State and seasoned survivors of war and peace-making. Interviewees include Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee; Bosnian war crimes investigator Fadila Memisevic; and globalization expert Mois茅s Na铆m.

For more information on the Women, War and Peace series, visit . More information about 黑料正能量’s Homecoming weekend and Leymah Gbowee speaking engagements can be found at .