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Film Friday: "Jim: The James Foley Story" Screening and Q&A

  • Columbia Journalism School, Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor Pulitzer Hall 2950 Broadway New York, NY, 10027 (map)

Join us for a screening of Steven Spielberg's "Jim: The James Foley Story," followed by a Q&A with director Brian Oakes.

"Jim: The James Foley Story" tells the story of American photojournalist James “Jim” Foley who was kidnapped in Syria and went missing for two years before being publicly executed. The film is a harrowing chronicle of bravery, compassion and pain at the dawn of America’s war with ISIS. 

This event is sponsored by the duPont-Columbia Awards and the Columbia Journalism School Documentary Program.

This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. Pizza will be served.

Image courtesy HBO.

Image courtesy HBO.

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