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Projection en avant-première �œThe Destruction of Memory”

Projection en avant-première "The destruction of memory" — Rebuilding of Ferhadija Mosque, Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Image: Derek Wiesehahn.

Pre-premiere screening of The Destruction of Memory

15/03/2018 18:30-20:00

Auditorium du Carré 1, rue de l'Aciérie L-1112 Luxembourg

In English, with German subtitles

5 (1 with the KulturPass)

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LUCA Luxembourg Center for Architecture is inviting you to the Luxembourg pre-premiere screening of the award-winning documentary The Destruction of Memory by Australian filmmaker Tim Slade.

Over the past century, cultural destruction has wrought catastrophic results across the globe. This war against culture is not over - it's been steadily increasing. In Syria and Iraq, the cradle of civilization', millennia of culture are being destroyed. The push to protect, salvage and rebuild has moved in step with the destruction. Legislation and policy have played a role, but heroic individuals have fought back, risking and losing their lives to protect not just other human beings, but our cultural identity - to save the record of who we are.

Based on the book of the same name by Robert Bevan, The Destruction of Memory tells the whole story looking not just at the ongoing actions of Daesh (ISIS) and at other contemporary situations, but revealing the decisions of the past that allowed the issue to remain hidden in the shadows for so many years.

The Destruction of Memory

The War against Culture and the Battle to save it

Written, directed and produced by Tim Slade

2016

1h 21m

Trailer: www.vimeo.com/143061688

In the framework of the European Year of Cultural Heritage.

Further information on www.luca.lu