“The Whistleblower of My Lai” tackles the concept of heroism, the definition of morality in wartime and personal and national guilt. The film follows the Kronos Quartet’s production of Jonathan Berger and Harriet Chessman’s opera “My Lai,” which takes at its heart the actions and life of the whistleblower, Hugh Thompson, who revealed the 1968 massacre of the men, women and children of the village of My Lai by U.S. troops in Vietnam. In addition to the Kronos Quartet, the opera features singer Rinde Eckert and Vietnamese instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Võ. A brief discussion will follow the film screening.
This event is co-sponsored by CU Boulder's Center for Asian Studies and Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia (PISA) at George Washington University.
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Event date and time
Friday, Nov. 3, 12:00 p.m. MDT
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This film screening is not suitable for children and shows scenes of violence, death and blood.