Alamo Community Colleges News & Events

Acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker to Lecture at SPC
Thursday, June 21, 2007, from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2007
CONTACT: Matari Jones-Gunter, Director, Community and Public Relations, St. Philip's College
210/531-3260
mgunter@mail.accd.edu

Roya Hakakian

Young souls forced to fight. Roya Hakakian, acclaimed documentary filmmaker and writer, will lecture at St. Philip’s College on Thursday, June 21, 2007, from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. in the Watson Fine Arts Theatre at the MLK campus. Ms. Hakakian will discuss the topic Armed and Innocent: Children Soldiers of War followed by a question and answer session with members of the audience.

Armed and Innocent, an internationally recognized film commissioned by UNICEF and written, directed, and produced by Hakakian, will be shown prior to the start of the lecture, followed by the film maker’s commentary and a spirited question and answer session. Armed and Innocent examines the involvement of underage children in wars around the world and was a nominee for best short documentary at various international film festivals.

Roya Hakakian has collaborated in a wide variety of network television programs, including 60 Minutes and A & E's Travels With Harry, and ABC Documentary Specials with the late Peter Jennings, Discovery, and The Learning Channel. She speaks on the subject of the Middle East and human rights and has appeared on CSPAN-Book TV, CNN International, CBS Early Show, and Now with Bill Moyers. She is also a contributor to the Weekend Edition of National Public Radio's All Things Considered.

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About St. Philip’s: The St. Philip's College President's Lecture Series provides opportunities for the college and community to hear noted speakers' perspectives on a broad range of local, regional, state, national, and international issues. The lectures are provided at no cost to participants. Today, St. Philip’s College remains a multi-campus institution of the Alamo Community Colleges, joining four other colleges – San Antonio College, Palo Alto College, Northwest Vista College, and Northeast Lakeview College – in meeting the educational needs of San Antonio’s growing and diverse community. A Historically Black College and Hispanic Serving Institution with a semester enrollment of over 9,000, St. Philip’s is among the oldest and most diverse community colleges in the nation.