To celebrate the 12th World Day Against the Death Penalty, marked annually on 10th October, the Embassy of France in Uganda in partnership with the Alliance française invite you this Friday, 10th October, 5 pm @ AFK conference room: 1) To a panel discussion with > Margaret Sekaggya, Executive Director of the Human Rights Centre Uganda and former UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders >and Livingstone Sewanyana, Executive Director of the Foundation of Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) 2) Followed by the screening of ”Dead Man Walking””, an american movie directed by Tim Robbins, with Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn [screened in English with French subtitles] Movie synopsis: This fascinating and powerful drama explores the relationship between a condemned young convict and the nun who counsels him in the days leading up to his execution. Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) is on death row after being convicted of raping and brutally murdering a young couple. He writes to Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon) for help, asking her to visit him in prison. She agrees to act as his spiritual adviser and begins to spend time each day with him. Prejean, who strongly opposes capital punishment, attempts to get Poncelets death sentence rescinded. First, however, she tries to save Poncelets soul by getting him to face up to his guilt and ask forgiveness for his actions. Based on the real-life experiences of Sister Helen Prejean, the film shows the horrors of state-sanctioned executions while also dealing sympathetically with the grief felt by the families of the two murder victims. Movie trailer: youtube/watch?v=pg-GMqPHIPQ
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:38:17 +0000