Torn from the Flag
A Hungarian Documentary

Time: 1:00pm
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009
Location:Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Torn from the Flag is a 97-minute documentary that centers on the 1956 Revolution in Hungary but tells more broadly about life under Soviet domination.  The movie debuted in November 2007 at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and has received critical acclaim.

According to Variety Klaudia Kovac’s movie is a “straightforward documentary mixes latterday interviews and archival material, including vault-sprung footage unseen for decades….Insightful, sometimes emotional talking-head subjects and a variety of vintage clips (some you-are-there footage shot by the {director’s] late dad, Laszlo Kovacs) add up to a compelling living-history chapter.”

Directions to the FedEx Global Education Center from Franklin Street coming from the east:

Turn LEFT onto S. Columbia St. from Franklin St. Follow the road through a couple of lights, it will force you to go right at the intersection by the Carolina Inn, and then take a LEFT turn onto Pittsboro St. You will pass the Carolina Inn on your left. At the next light, you will see the building in front of you, turn left, then right into the parking lot or garage.  It is next door to the School of Social Work and behind the Pharmacy School. There is free parking after 5pm in the lot below/next to the building, with entrance on McCauley Street.
http://global.unc.edu/