Czech Center Museum Houston presents a screening of a documentary film by director Viktor Portel, capturing the powerful story of Vladimir Dzuro. Join Vladimír, the first Czech investigator for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, as he confronts the haunting legacy of war crimes. Witness the impact on victims' families, conflicting nations, and the investigator himself. Don't miss this gripping journey of justice and reconciliation with The Investigator.
The program will feature a screening of a documentary by Viktor Portel, “The Investigator” followed by a discussion with Prof. Lora Wildenthal.
Documentary screening Wednesday, February 7th at 6:30 p.m.
The discussion with Prof. Lora Wildenthal will start at 8:00 p.m.
“The Investigator”
Documentary, Czech Republic, 2022, 73 min. Directed by Viktor Portel.
Lora Wildenthal is the John Antony Weir Professor of History at Rice University. She is the author of The Language of Human Rights in West Germany (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013) and co-editor of the Routledge History of Human Rights (Routledge, 2020), among other projects and publications, and has taught the history of human rights since the late 1990s. Currently she is Director of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Rice.
“The Investigator" highlights the dual nature of the International Criminal Court's ethical mission: independently investigating war crimes while striving for reconciliation in cases of ethnic, national, and other conflicts. The documentary is inspired by Vladimir Dzuro's bestselling book, "The Investigator – Demons of the Balkan War.”