From: Eck, Diana
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:40 AM
To: Boles, Barbara
Subject: A Message from Diana: "Spiritual Landscapes: A Life in Film"
Dear Religion Scholars!
Helen Whitney is one of the great documentary film makers of our time. She is a producer
and director who has steered into topics of faith and spirituality. Her subjects have
stretched across a broad spectrum of topics including youth gangs, a Trappist monastery in
Massachusetts, Pope John Paul II, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Among her
best known films are PBS Frontline specials Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero, The Mormons,
and most recently Forgiveness. In the Noble Lectures at The Memorial Church next week,
she will be using her films to illustrate and delineate the spiritual landscapes, which
have come to define and enliven her life in film. In my own teaching, I have used
selections from several of her films in class. I also chaired an unforgettable session of
the AAR a few years ago in which she presented some of her work. This series of lectures
--February 27, 28, and 29 (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) -- at 7:00 in The Memorial
Church provides an extraordinary chance to hear her and see a selection of her films.
Don't miss her!
All the best,
Diana Eck
Diana L. Eck
Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies
Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society
Barker Center 307
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Master of Lowell House
50 Holyoke Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Director, The Pluralism Project
http://www.pluralism.org
Kate Bowen
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The Committee on the Study of Religion
Harvard University
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