OF GODS AND MEN. THE FEATURE FILM ABOUT THE MARTYR MONKS

Screening of the film Of Gods and Men (original title Des hommes et de dieux), 2010, directed by Xavier Beauvois. This is the film that introduced the world to the testimony of the Trappist monks of Tibhirine, Algeria, who were beatified in 2018 along with 11 other Christians killed during the “black decade” of Islamist terrorism.

Discussion to follow with Etienne Comar, screenwriter and producer of the film; Marie-Dominique Minassian, Project Leader of “The Writings of Tibhirine.” Moderated by Alessandro Banfi, journalist, Communications Coordinator of Fondazione Oasis and curator of the exhibition Twice Callded. The martyrs of Algeria