and: with additional funding from these foundations and individuals: and by: and the annual financial support of: hello, i m john lithgow. welcome to american cinema. the end of world war ii in 1945 brought an era of homecoming, of rediscovering family, of rebuilding. that year, hollywood premiered the best years of our lives, a story of a returning veteran and his family that won the academy award for best picture of the year. but another picture premiered that year that portrayed a different version of america. it was called detour, about a man who wandered from a life of little possibility to one of total doom. the motion picture association first reviewed the picture, they refused to give it a rating. it had broken a rule. the murderer was not brought to justice at the end. instead, he was left to wander aimlessly on american highways. for such stark stories, these films had their own look. though they were uniquely american, french film critics came up with the n
good afternoon, folks. i m going to do it myself and switch off my cell phone. so good afternoon to you all. a very warm welcome to georgetown university. my name is gerard mannion. i teach here at the department of theology and the berkeley center for religious peace and world affairs as well as our initiative on global irish studies. everyone can recall those famous inspiring words of dr. martin luther king written from the birmingham, alabama, jail, where he had been imprisoned for demonstrating for civil rights in april 1963. and i quote, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. but that moving, energizing line is immediately followed by another which would have far-reaching consequences that would reverberate around the globe to this day. dr. king continued, we have an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single balance of destiny. whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. one could say this might well serve as a motto of all struggles fo
john lewis said, every generation leaves behind a legacy. what legacy do you want to leave behind? for our final panel today, we are talking about commemorating ais history and legacy of shared struggle of civil rights, talking about memory, narrative, future and the work to be done. what we will do is have each of our panelists come up first and for a few minutes, share their reflection upon that theme. is my great pleasure to introduce as our third speaker this evening, his excellency ambassador hall, the ambassador of ireland to the notices of america. he has been ambassador in many places and served in the irish foreign service it india,rs places as malaysia, scotland, brussels, and of course, london, before he came to america. whereby they asked him, if you can tolerate brexit, you can go to washington dc. jeremy welcoming ambassador haley. [applause] thank you, you are very kind. it is good to be here. i always think that the longer you go on, the more memory and hi
wednesday afternoon at 1:00 eastern here on c-span3. you can also see coverage on cspan.org. live on wednesday at 2:00 p.m., robert wilkie, the veteran affairs secretary, will talk about veterans. now several civil rights activists recall stories from violence called the troubles. also the foreign minister of ireland marking 40 years of civil rights. i m going to do it myself and switch off my cell phone. so good afternoon to you all. a very warm welcome to georgetown university. my name is jared m ar gerard mannion. i teach here religious studies. all of us can remember the words of martin luther king where he had been imprisoned for demonstrating civil rights in april 1963. and i quote, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. but that moving, energizing line is immediately followed by another which would have far-reaching consequences that would reverberate around the globe to this day. dr. king continued, we have an inescapabl er inescapable union that m
and by: and the annual financial support of: hello, i m john lithgow. welcome to american cinema. the end of world war ii in 1945 brought an era of homecoming, of rediscovering family, of rebuilding. that year, hollywood premiered the best years of our lives, a story of a returning veteran and his family that won the academy award for best picture of the year. but another picture premiered that year that portrayed a different version of america. it was called detour, about a man who wandered from a life of little possibility to one of total doom. the motion picture association first reviewed the picture, they refused to give it a rating. it had broken a rule. the murderer was not brought to justice at the end. instead, he was left to wander aimlessly on american highways. for such stark stories, these films had their own look. though they were uniquely american, french film critics came up with the name that stuck: film noir, which literally translates black film. t