DATE: Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009

TIME: 6: 30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

LOCATION: UNLV Boyd School of Law, Thomas & Mack Moot Court

DETAILS: Free and open to the public.

ACLU of Nevada in cooperation with Amnesty International and the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law presents a screening of "The Response,” a 30-minute film based upon actual courtroom transcripts of Guantanamo Bay military tribunals. This film is in limited release and will be screened for the first time in Las Vegas.

The film looks at three judges who must decide the fate of a Middle Eastern detainee. The characters are fictionalized but the courtroom legal process is accurate and is based on researched conducted by the University of Maryland School of Law and Venable LLP.

Participants in the panel discussion immediately following the screening include:

• Sig Libowitz – Writer/Producer/Actor, "The Response"
• Peter Riegert – Actor, "The Response"
• Banafsheh Akhlaghi – Western Regional Director, Amnesty International
• Christopher Blakesley - Professor, Boyd School of Law
• Gerald Bierbaum – Las Vegas Office of the Federal Public Defender

For more information, call 702-895-2318 or visit http://extranet.law.unlv.edu/NewsAndEvents/single_event.php?id=27797 and http://www.theresponsemovie.com/.

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UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution of 28,000 students and 3,300 faculty and staff. Founded in 1957, the university offers more than 220 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs. UNLV is located on a 332-acre campus in dynamic Southern Nevada and is classified in the category of Research Universities (high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.