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SUMMARY:\"Nasrin\" documentary screening and filmmaker Q&A
DESCRIPTION:\nNasrin Sotoudeh is an Iranian lawyer and human rights acti
vist who has been called &ldquo\;Iran&rsquo\;s Nelson Mandela.&rdquo\; S
he is a longtime opponent of the death penalty\, advocate of improving i
mprisonment health conditions\, and an activist dedicated to fighting fo
r the rights of women\, children\, religious and ethnic minorities\, jou
rnalists and artists\, and those facing execution. \;\n\nFor this wo
rk\, Sotoudeh will receive the McCourtney Institute for Democracy&rsquo\
;s \;2023 Brown Democracy Medal.\n\nSotoudeh&rsquo\;s life and work
were captured in the 2020 film \;Nasrin. \;Join the McCourtney I
nstitute for Democracy for a screening of the film\, followed by a Q&
\;A with filmmakers Jeff Kaufman and Marcia S. Ross. \;\n\n7:00&ndas
h\;8:30 p.m. &ndash\; Film screening\n\n8:30&ndash\;9:00 p.m. Q&\;A\n
\nThis event is free\, but tickets must be reserved at the following lin
k: \;https://thestatetheatre.org/events/nasrin-documentary-screening
/?occurrence=2023-10-25\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/e
vent/nasrin_documentary_screening/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Nasrin Sotoudeh
is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist who has been called &ldq
uo;Iran’s Nelson Mandela.” She is a longtime opponent of the
death penalty, advocate of improving imprisonment health conditions, an
d an activist dedicated to fighting for the rights of women, children, r
eligious and ethnic minorities, journalists and artists, and those facin
g execution.
For this work, Sotoudeh will receive the McCour
tney Institute for Democracy’s 2023 Brown Democracy Medal.
Sotoudeh’s life and work were captured in the 2020 film <
a href="https://www.nasrinfilm.com/">Nasrin. Join the Mc
Courtney Institute for Democracy for a screening of the film, followed b
y a Q&A with filmmakers Jeff Kaufman and Marcia S. Ross.
7:00–8:30 p.m. – Film screening
8:30–9:00 p.m. Q
&A
This event is free, but tickets must be reserved at the fol
lowing link: https://thestatetheatre.org/e
vents/nasrin-documentary-screening/?occurrence=2023-10-25
For
more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/nasrin_documentary_screeni
ng/
URL:http://democracy.psu.edu/events
LOCATION:The State Theatre
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