Students for Peace in Iraq: Movie at IUPUI on Sunday, January 30.

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On Sunday Jan. 30th at 3pm in the Lilly Auditorium, Students for Peace In Iraq
will host the second film in its film series the Japanese Anime "Grave of the
Fireflies" (Hotaru no Haka) 1988.

In the latter part of World War II, a boy and his sister, orphaned when their
mother is killed in the firebombing of Tokyo, are left to survive on their own
in what remains of civilian life in Japan. As the situation grows progressively
worse in the war, things deteriorate proportionally on the homefront. We follow
Seita and Setsuko as they do their best to survive in the Japanese countryside,
battling hunger, prejudice, and pride in their own personal battle.

Roger Ebert has called Grave of the Fireflies "one of the greatest war movies
ever made". Simultaneously an allegory of human failings and a quiet but
unflinching look at two children caught in the peripheral effects of a war,
Grave of the Fireflies is one of the most painful and affecting movies you're
ever likely to see, animated or otherwise. In many cases, the fact that it is
animated gives simple actions and scenes a beauty and innocence that would not
have existed otherwise, creating all the more contrast with the harsh and
painful realities experienced by the characters.

Review by: Makosuke http://animeworld.com/reviews/graveofthefireflies.html