Screening of the documentary The Teachers' Protest: How Norwegian Teachers Defeated Nazi Education
31 October 2019, 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Elettra Carbone
Location
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Room G22Pearson Building (UCL Geography)Gower StreetLondonWC1E 6BT
You are warmly invited to a screening of the documentary The Teachers' Protest: How Norwegian Teachers Defeated Nazi Education on Thursday 31 October at 5pm.
The film will be introduced by the director, Jon Seal, and will be followed by a Q&A session.
All welcome but please sign up using the following Eventbrite link by no later than Tuesday 29 October.
Drinks and snacks wll be provided after the screening (around 7pm).
About the documentary:
Following successful premieres in the UK and Norway, Jon Seal’s documentary weaves together archive footage, first-hand testimony and the skilful animation of Herlov Åmland’s poignant drawings to tell this gripping story to an international audience for the first time. The Teachers’ Protest is a sad, tender and uplifting documentary exploring a completely different kind of war story – an inspiring tale of passive resistance.
1942. Occupied Norway. Teachers must join the Nazi Teachers’ League and teach Nazi ideas in their classrooms. 8,000 of them write protest letters. They are threatened with salary withdrawal and the sack. Still they refuse. In a desperate attempt to break them, the Nazi government arrests 1000 male teachers and sends them to prison camps, 300 miles above the Arctic Circle. The education system is in chaos and now the battle begins.
View the trailer here.
About the Speaker
Jon Seal
Director