Oslo Dokumentarkino

Milosevic

Death of Yugoslavia
Free entry!
Food served after discussion.
Wednesday September 24, 2008
Parkteatret Scene, Olaf Ryes pl. 11

Civil War in Europe
Lessons learned and not
From Yugoslavia to Georgia

Film screening:
The Death of Yugoslavia
followed by discussion
Daytime program: 11:00 - 18:00
Evening program:  19:00 - 22:00

       In collaboration with:
CSCW

Never before, during the course of a war, have all
the heads of the rival states told the inside story of
the decisive moments of conflict.

A unique chance to see this six-episode award-winning documentary series and to take part in the following
discussion. The aim is to understand some of the
mechanisms that led to the atrocities and war crimes
in the former Yugoslavia, and whether there are lessons
to be learned from this that still have importance in
conflicts today.

 
Take the whole day. See all of it, or come in the evening
and see a selected part and follow the discussion.
No registration, no entrance fee!

Daytime: Screening of The Death of Yugoslavia 1-6
(Angus MacQueen, Norma Percy, Paul Mitchell, Brook Lapping/BBC, UK 1995/96, 6x50 min)

Following the growing conflict from 1988 till the Dayton agreement in 1995.

Evening: Film Screening and discussion.
Episode 3: Wars of Independence followed by discussion:
Lessons learned and not. From Yugoslavia to Georgia

Food served after discussion. See full program below.


The six-episode series The Death of Yugoslavia is unique in its way of capturing the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, almost day-to-day and following all the local and international leaders and envoys, from states, military, militias, EU, NATO and UN, not only how they dealt with the conflict officially, but how they were thinking at the time and sometimes commenting with a couple of months or years of afterthought. It starts in 1988 and ends with the Dayton agreement at the end of 1995. This is probably the only chance to see this highly awarded documentary in any public screening in Norway. Read more about each episode of the series here.

Are there lessons to be learned from the history of the collapse of the Yugoslavian republic when dealing with todays conflicts on the edges of Europe and Russia?

In the evening we show episode 3: Wars of Independence followed by a panel discussion with the title:

Lessons learned and not; from Yugoslavia to Georgia

Panel Participants:
Scott Gates
(Director at the Centre for the Study of Civil War, CSCW-PRIO),
Cecilie Endresen
(Doctoral research fellow (ILOS), University of Oslo, with many years  experience as a political analyst in the Western Balkans)
Jon Kværne
(Political analyst with many years working experience with Balkan societies and politics, as well as political observer for the EU in Albania and Kosovo)
Mikkel Berg
(MA with Abkhasia as research area).


The BBC-series The Death of Yugoslavia is in six episodes, each 50 minutes. It will be shown from 11:00 am till 18:00 pm. Episode 3: Wars of Independence will be shown again at 19:00 pm followed by a panel discussion.

This is a unique chance to understand and discuss some of the mechanisms that led to the atrocities and war crimes in the former Yugoslavia, and whether there are lessons to be learned from this that still have importance in conflicts today.

Wednesday September 24 at Parkteatret Scene, Olaf Ryes plass 11, Grünerløkka, Oslo.

Daytime program:
10:45: Doors open
11:00: Episode 1. Enter Nationalism

12:00: Episode 2. The Road to War
13:00: Episode 3. Wars of Independence

Break from 14:00 - 14:45

14:45: Getting an overview of the conflict.
Introduction to parts 3-6 by Jon Kværne.
15:00: Episode 4. The Gates of Hell
16:00: Episode 5. A Safe Area
17:00: Episode 6. Pax Americana

Break from
18:00 - 19:00

Evening program:

18:30: Doors open
19:00: Episode 3: Wars of Independence (repeat)

20:00: Discussion: Lessons Learned?
21:00: Food and talk
(everybody invited - food is free, drinks can be bought in the bar)


No registration necessary. No entrance fee. Come exactly when you want.
200 persons max.
Se www.dokumentarkino.no for a description of each episode.

The Death of Yugoslavia have won many awards, among these
The BAFTA TV Award, Best Factual Series, 1996
The Broadcast Press Guild award, 1996
The US EMMY award
The Peabody award
Columbia University Journalism Award (Gold Baton)


This event is part of the National Science Week (Forskningsdagene) and is organized by Oslo Dokumentarkino in collaboration with The International Peace Research Institute PRIO, Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW)

Go to Oslo Dokumentarkino's main page www.dokumentarkino.no