BRADFORD, PA – The
Justice Robert H. Jackson Inn of Court and the Robert H. Jackson Center Inn of
Court will show the film “War Don Don” at their annual meeting Thursday evening
at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
The film will be
shown at 7 p.m. Sept. 19 in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall
followed by a panel discussion and question-and-answer session. It is free and
open to the public.
“War Don Don” follows
the war crimes trial of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front rebel leader
Issa Sesay and explores the complex relationship between individual
accountability, collective reconciliation and the limits of international justice.
From 1991 to 2001,
the United Front fought to overthrow the ruling government of Sierra Leone. In
2003, after the end of the war, the United Nations and the government of Sierra
Leone spent more than $200 million building a special court to seek justice and
reconciliation, setting up the world’s first international war crimes “hybrid
tribunal.”
Three years in the
making, “War Don Don” draws on unprecedented access to the inner workings of
the defense and prosecution in Sesay’s trial, including access to Sesay
himself, exploring the contradictions of a man who dealt in blood diamonds,
commanded child soldiers and was blamed for mass atrocities against civilians,
while also being credited by some with single-handedly ending the war.
Originally produced
for HBO, the film was nominated for two Emmy Awards in 2011 and was the winner
of the Special Jury Prize at South by Southwest Film Festival.
American Inns of
Court are designed to improve the skills and professionalism of members of the
bench and bar. The Robert H. Jackson Inns are named for Supreme Court Justice
Robert H. Jackson, who was architect of the international trial process and
then the chief prosecutor of the surviving Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, Germany.
Jackson grew up in Frewsburg, N.Y., and spent 25 years in nearby Jamestown,
N.Y., practicing law.
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