Theo Who Lived Film Screening: Advance Screening and Talk-Back

In the late fall of 2012, Theo Padnos, a struggling American journalist, slipped into Syria to report on the country’s civil war and was promptly kidnapped by Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria. Because he spoke fluent Arabic, his captors suspected he worked for the CIA and, for months, brutally tortured him during interrogation sessions. But his fluency, coupled with his remarkable personal expansiveness, also led to an extraordinary engagement with, and understanding of, his captors. By the time of his release, twenty-two months later, he had become a confidante of al-Qaeda’s top commander in Syria.

Screening will be followed by a conversation with David Schisgall and Theo Padnos, moderated by Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times.

This event will be held in the Roy And Niuta Titus Theater 1 at the MoMA.

This is a free event, but reservations are required. <a href=”http://theowholiv