NJSBA Family Law Section

Good afternoon Family Law Section members,

On Wednesday, Nov. 30, NJICLE will present Webcast- Hollywood, the Holocaust and Hate on Film – The Legal and Ethical Risks in Preempting History for Artistic Ends from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A History Meets CLE Presentation…

The well-publicized antisemitic rant from a well-known artist is yet another recent reminder that we still have very far to go to eradicate all types of hate. One of the ways that Hollywood has attempted to tackle the issue of anti-Semitic hate on film is through the production of movies about the Holocaust.

The compulsion to find a redemptive message at the heart of the Holocaust challenges the efforts of lawyers, educators, and others concerned by aesthetic representations of history. What are the consequences of re-imagining “history’s darkest hour” in movies, novels, and other fictional accounts? Cinematic representations of the Holocaust work as vehicles of public memory, as they present a vision of the past that responds to the dominant values within a society at a particular point in history. In this special CLE presentation, author/filmmaker Joshua M. Greene, film historian Rachel Schaff, and acclaimed attorney Raymond Brown Jr. explore the existential tensions surrounding artistic interpretations of the Holocaust and what they mean today.

FACULTY
Moderator/Speaker:
Raymond M. Brown, Esq.
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, PC, Hackensack

Speakers:
Joshua M. Greene
Award-Winning Filmmaker
Rachel Schaff, PhD
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Mercer University, Georgia

The program uses clips from Academy Award-winning films, readings from popular works, and excerpts from witness video testimony to reveal our unconscious biases about the Holocaust and challenge our definitions of terms such as heroism and courage, and highlight the differences between history as it really was and history as we may have preferred it to be.

Even non-fiction re-imagines historical experience. This program is meant to challenge and educate you, and invites discussion about the complexities of Holocaust representation, the causes behind Hollywood’s romanticized depiction of resistance and survival, and their implications for men and women in legal practice. You will walk away with a better understanding of the impact of traumatic events on the public, the depiction of historical events, and how our view of the past is shaped by present day values.

The presentation is based on the work of the two special speakers. Joshua Greene’s acclaimed PBS documentary, “Witness: Voices from the Holocaust,” received a Gold Special Jury Award at the Houston International Film Festival, and was voted Best Social Documentary at the New York International Film & Video Festival. The companion book is published by Simon & Schuster. Raymond M. Brown Jr. will draw on his many years as a trial lawyer which include a number of high-profile trials involving government officials and his international experience in qualifying as Counsel before the International Criminal Court in The Hague and serving as Co-Lead Defense Counsel at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

CLE Credits:
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.0 hours of total CLE credit including 1.2 ethics/professionalism credits.
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 4.0 credits (50 minute hour), including 1.2 ethics/professionalism credits
PA CLE: 2.0 substantive and 1.0 ethics credits pending ($12 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)
NY CLE (t&nt): 3.0 professional practice and 1.0 ethics credits

The tuition for NJSBA members is $160. The general tuition is $200.

Click here to register for Webcast- Hollywood, the Holocaust and Hate on Film – The Legal and Ethical Risks in Preempting History for Artistic Ends.

For questions or to register by phone, please contact an association representative at 732-214-8500, or by email at [email protected].

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Barbara Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotions
New Jersey State Bar Association
New Brunswick NJ
(732) 937-7524
[email protected]
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