HBO, LBJ School host film screenings
Home Box Office (HBO) and the LBJ School are teaming up this spring to offer two special film screenings on the UT Austin campus. The events are being used to generate dialog about the social and political issues posed by the films and to promote HBO's alternative programming.
On May 15, in collaboration with the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum, HBO and the LBJ School will present the world premiere of Path to War, an original film about the Vietnam War's impact on President Johnson's vision of the Great Society. The screening will be in the LBJ Auditorium and will be followed by a VIP reception in the Great Hall of the LBJ Library and Museum. Attendance is by invitation only.
Directed by four-time Emmy Award®-winner John Frankenheimer, Path to War is written by first-time screenwriter Daniel Giat and is based on extensive research of memoirs and documents recently made public. The cast includes Michael Gambon as President Johnson, Donald Sutherland as Special Advisor Clark Clifford, and Alec Baldwin as Defense Secretary Robert McNamara.
In February, HBO and the LBJ School presented a special free screening of Lumumba in the Texas Union Theater. The historical film traces the story of political leader Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of Congo, and is set against a backdrop of political turbulence, when Congo was moving from Belgian colonial rule to independence in 1959-60.
February's event drew more than 300 people, who attended a wine-and-cheese reception hosted by HBO and a panel discussion organized by the LBJ School. During the discussion, which was moderated by LBJ School Dean Ed Dorn, two West Africa history and politics experts analyzed how closely the film represents actual historical events and discussed such topics as the involvement of the United States in that part of the world, the region's socioeconomic history, the current state of affairs, and future prospects.
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Dean Ed Dorn moderated a panel before the special presentation of Lumumba, a critically acclaimed HBO film. Photo by Megan Scarborough |
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May 13, 2002
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