Heart of Darkness

I attended a screening of Eric Metzgar's new documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof's travels to war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.

The event was organized by the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), hosted by Ruth Messinger and featured Nicholas Kristof taking questions after the film and signing copies of his new book, Half the Sky.

Nicholas Kristof commented that while the major social and political challenge of the 19th century was the fight against slavery and the major challenge of the 20th century was the fight against totalitarianism, the major fight of the 21st century will be the fight against the oppression of women around the world.

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