It’s unusual when lesson planning involving compelling issues of national importance can encompass the imminent release of a major motion picture like The Mauritanian. It’s even more unusual when the film boasts A-list actors like Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch, and an acclaimed director like Kevin Macdonald.
That was the reality this week when the production company supported an advance virtual screening of the film for the FSU community Wednesday. Before the screening, Marine Corps Lt. Col Stuart Couch (Ret.) met with two of my Zoom classes: a Human Rights & National Security class at the College of Law, then an interdisciplinary National Security Transformation class offered jointly by the College of Social Work and the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy.