Final film in Series at Elizabethtown College

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ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (02/24/2012)(readMedia)-- Last fall Elizabethtown College shared in the reading of Rebecca Skloot's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," about a poor black woman whose cancer cells -- taken without her knowledge at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951 -- became one of the most important medical tools of our cent

With this shared read as inspiration, the College hosted a film series that, in its own way, acknowledges Henrietta's life and legacy.

"The Constant Gardener," the final film in the series, explores the pharmaceutical industry in developing countries. Shown at 7 p.m. Monday, March 19, in Gibble Auditorium, the film is smart, politically complex, cinematically adventurous, heartbreaking and a genuine thriller. About a mild diplomat and the treachery uncovered by his activist wife (the dirty doings of a pharmaceutical company in Kenya), the 2005 film starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz, expertly explores destructive real-world issues.

A panel discussion following the film features Elizabethtown College professors Cristina Ciocirlan, Business; Debbie Waltermire, Occupational Therapy; and Michele Kozimor-King and Rita Shah, Sociology, who will address the issues brought forth in the film. Admission is free.

Read more about the events and the shared read.

Contact: Elizabeth Young at 717-361-1456 or younge@etown.edu.

Elizabethtown College, in south-central Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than four dozen liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education degrees. Through personal attention, creative inspiration and academic challenge, Elizabethtown College students are encouraged to expand their intellectual curiosity and are given the opportunity to become a bigger part of the world through experiential learning-research, internships and study abroad. Elizabethtown College's overall commitment to Educate for Service is fulfilled as students are taught intellectually, socially, aesthetically and ethically for lives of service and leadership.

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