Saturday 5.5 at 4pm: Talk with journalist Oksana Chelysheva and Chechen singer Liza Umarova, and screening of ‘Aldy. The Past cannot be Forgotten’ by Natasha Estemirova

Dear friend of Arkadia,

You are heartily invited to a talk with journalist Oksana Chelysheva and Chechen singer Liza Umarova, and to the screening of “Aldy. The Past cannot be Forgotten” by Natasha Estemirova (and villagers from the Chechen village of Aldy)  on Saturday 5.5. at 4pm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Umarova http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVsluw74cv0

82 inhabitants of the Chechen village of Aldy were killed in a mop-up by a special police squad from Saint-Petersburg, on February 5, 2000.

The film is a collection of footage taken by the residents of the village a few days after the massacre and of interviews of the survivors taken by Natasha Estemirova in February 2009, just half a year before her murder.

The talk will be in English and in Russian.

All are most welcome.

Warm regards,

Ian www.arkadiabookshop.fi

Entrance is free and green tea will be offered. A donation of €2 (or more!) to fund the event is suggested and would be most welcome.