'A Brilliant Genocide' - Screening And Discussion At Lighthouse International Film Festival

The Lighthouse International Film Festival will show "A Brilliant Genocide" at 3:30 on June 11 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences.

The film is an expose' of how an African dictator has been able to commit mass murder and still get a regular audience at The White House and 10 Downing Street. The film questions the use of media to form political alliances, even in the face of dire circumstances and invites the audience to be its own judge. Categories: Documentary Competition Run time: 75 min. | Australia. *Please note that there has been a change in the screening time: Saturday June11th at 3:30 at The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences

http://liff.festivalgenius.com/2016/films/abrilliantgenocide0_ebonybutler_LIFF2016

A panel discussion will follow the film. Discussion participants include:

Milton Allimadi
Allimadi who is also featured in 'A Brilliant Genocide' is the Ugandan born editor of www.blackstarnews.com and www.burkinastyle.com and also writes a column for www.huffingtonpost.com His late father was a Ugandan politician and his family fled from Idi Amin's and then Yoweri Museveni's reigns of terror.

Kiwanuka Lawrence Nsereko
Nsereko is a Ugandan journalist, political activist, freedom fighter and now U.S.-based professor. He was incarcerated and tortured by the Yoweri Museveni dictatorship before escaping the country.

Helen Epstein
Epstein’s articles on human rights and public health in Uganda and other African countries have appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The Lancet and other publications. She is the author of The Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight against AIDS in Africa (Picador 2008) and has conducted research for Human Rights Watch, UNICEF and other organizations. She teaches at Bard College in Annandale, New York.

Note: Moderator to be announced and possible additional panelist.

All Access passholders includes passes to all films, filmmakers' breakfasts and nightly parties. 2016 Lighthouse International Film Festival will present- One World Premier-21 New Jersey Premiers and a Special Retrospective Screening! With 25 Feature Length films, and over 45 shorts.

Everything is ONLINE:www.lighthousefilmfestival.org. Individual movie tickets can be bought online for $12.