The controlling idea: learning from stories ‘Schindler's List / Ark’
Join us online for a new series discussing ideas in books made into films.
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In the second season of talks, publisher Katie Isbester and her daughter Teddy, a film buff, will discuss the central idea of some of the greatest stories told. Each session will grapple with the big issue embedded in the story, and compare how the book and film treat this central idea. And each session will feature an expert guest and a Q&A with the audience.
Season 2, episode 4:
Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
The Nazi genocide of the Jews is both the nadir of Western actions and a moment to celebrate those who defied the Nazis and saved Jewish people. Oskar Schindler embodied both impulses: the casual disregard for human life that assisted him to flourish, and then the growing horror of the violation of human rights and common decency.
Our hosts are: Katie Isbester is the publisher of Claret Press, an independent publishing house specialising in stories that deal with politics, issues and places. Teddy 't Hooft, aged 20, is a student at university, doing an arts undergraduate degree. Jill Culiner's exhibitions about the World Wars and the Holocaust, La Mémoire Effacée, travelled throughout France, Hungary and Canada under the auspices of l’UNESCO and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Culiner’s (social-critical) artwork has been shown in Germany, France, England, Spain, Italy, and Poland. She is the author of Contrary Journey with Velvel ZbarZher, Bard.