
The Future Shapes the Past: The Hilsner Case
A documentary exploring the 1899 Hilsner case, in which a young Jewish man was wrongly convicted of murder based on medieval blood libel accusations. The screening includes a discussion with Bryan Felber.
Jaroslav V. Mareš is a Czech journalist, researcher, and writer who studied journalism and library science in Prague. He worked at Czech Television and Prima TV, and now runs the investigative website and YouTube channel Badatele.net. For the Hilsner case he did the core archival legwork - uncovering documents that point to Franz Josef Paul, a travelling circus performer, as the likely real killer of Anežka Hrůzová.
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A documentary exploring the 1899 Hilsner case, in which a young Jewish man was wrongly convicted of murder based on medieval blood libel accusations. The screening includes a discussion with Bryan Felber.

A landmark Czechoslovak sci-fi classic about the spaceship Ikarie XB 1 heading toward Alpha Centauri. Visually innovative with electronic music and impressive production design.