PEN American Center - Involvement in Theater

Involvement in Theater

PEN American Center along with The American Civil Liberties Union and the Film Society of Lincoln Center presented a special performance of “Reckoning With Torture: Memos and Testimonies From the ‘War on Terror’” on May 24, 2011 at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater. The performance was directed by Doug Liman, and was focused on featuring readings from formerly secret government documents and videos, that shone a light on the scope and human cost of the Post 9/11 torture program.

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