James Schamus
My Wife is a Terrorist: Lessons in Storytelling from the Department of Homeland Security
Event Details
Date
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Time
7:30 p.m.
Location
Marquee Theater, Union South
Description
Presented by the Center for Humanities. In 2008, James Schamus learned that his wife, peace activist Nancy Kricorian, had been under surveillance for over a year. It got him thinking: what can we learn from the ‘huge, story-producing industry’ that is Homeland Security? His lecture brings together narrative theory, Alfred Hitchcock, and The Bourne Identity. Schamus is a film historian, professor at Columbia University, an award-winning screenwriter and producer, and CEO of Focus Features.
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