MISSOULA ―

The Winter-Spring 2010 Peace & Justice Film Series at The University of Montana kicks off with a showing of the documentary “Rethink Afghanistan” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, in the University Center Theater.

The documentary will analyze the effects of war on Afghanistan and its neighboring countries, including its human and monetary costs, the impact of the military escalation and the assumption that war can liberate Afghan women.

The Peace & Justice Film Series, which is free and open to the public, aims to educate participants on pressing world issues, and series organizers will lead a discussion following each film. The series runs every Thursday through May 6, except Feb. 18, March 4 and April 1.

All films will be shown in the UC Theater, with the exception of the April 15 and May 6 screenings, which will be held in Urey Lecture Hall. For a complete schedule of films, visit http://www.peaceandjusticefilms.org.

The series is sponsored by UM’s Environmental Studies Program, UM Students for Peace and Justice, and the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center.

For more information, call environmental studies Professor Vicki Watson at 406-243-5153 or e-mail vicki.watson@umontana.edu.

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