[Brazil@Harvard] Brazil related events at Harvard University

TODAY FILM SCREENING: Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) Date: Monday, March 3, 2008 Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: Wiener Auditorium, basement of the Taubman Building, Kennedy School of Government The screening to be followed by commentary and discussion with: Luiz Eduardo Soares, Visiting Scholar, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Kennedy School of Government. Bus 174, one of the New York Times’ ten best films of 2003, recounts the events, causes and effects of a nationally televised hijacking. Soares provides the primary commentary in the film about the conditions that produced one of the most notorious crimes in modern Brazilian history. Sponsored by the Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Kennedy School of Government. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. _____________________________ Brazil Studies Program Conversa How Well is Brazil Weathering the Global Economic Crisis? Date: Thursday, March 6, 2008 Time: 12:15 - 1:45pm Location: DRCLAS, CGIS S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street Conversa with: Albert Fishlow, Professor Emeritus of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Recent publications include The United States and the Americas: A 21st century View, (New York, 1999). Paulo Vieira da Cunha, former Deputy Governor for International Affairs, Central Bank of Brazil. Moderated by Filipe Campante, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Recent publications include: Inefficient Lobbying, Populism, and Oligarchy. Journal of Public Economics This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund. _______________________________ Jorge Furtado at Harvard University Date: Friday, March 7, 2008 to Saturday, March 8, 2008 Location: Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street This event will be held from March 7th through March 8th. Filmmaker, Jorge Furtado, will be present for all the screenings. Opening Screening, Friday, March 7th at 7pm The Man Who Copied. O Homem Que Copiava Directed by Jorge Furtado with Lázaro Ramos, Leandra Leal, and Pedro Cardoso. Brazil 2003 Portuguese with English subtitles. Special event tickets $10.00. For more information and a complete schedule visit: http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2008marchapril/furtado.html -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil