11/15/2016
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Midcoast Friends Meetinghouse
77 Belvedere Road
Damariscotta
Event Type
Free showing of The Burmese Harp: A harp player, whose Japanese platoon surrendered to British forces in Burma in 1943, is selected from the prisoners of war to deliver a request for surrender to a Japanese regiment holed up on a mountain. A deeply humane, spiritually resonant masterpiece on the intractable mystery of suffering and evil, affirmation of spiritual values, and the challenge to live humanely in evil circumstances. Part of Midcoast Outreach and Peace Center’s film series: War is not the answer–lessons from the Second World War. Brief introduction to the film and discussion afterwards led by a Quaker who has lived and worked in Japan and Southeast Asia for much of his life. All are welcome.
