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| GENRE |
Drama with humor |
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Full-length, 80-90 minutes
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2 females, 3 males |
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A dilapidated house.
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| NOTES |
Adult language and content |
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| In 1944, Raphael Lemkin invented the word "genocide" and spent his life fighting to have it recognized as an international crime. But when the U.S. finally signs his law -- decades after his death -- the Rwandan and Bosnian genocides erupt and torment Lemkin in the afterlife. If genocide cannot be stopped, how will Lemkin rest? |
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| "Ms. Filloux does not discount Lemkin's efforts, but she also makes grimly clear that good intentions mean nothing in the face of killers who revel in unrestrained savagery and have no reason to fear retaliation. Lemkin's House is rarely preachy, but it is a call to action nonetheless." |
| --Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times |
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| John Daggett and Laura Flanagan in Lemkin's House, 78th Street Theatre Lab, New York City (2006). Photo: Sue Rees. |
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