Documentary film show at NFC

A conference followed by a documentary film screening will be held on November 8 and 9 at the National Film Corporation, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7 to mark the centenary of the First World War (1914-18) which ends with the Armistice on November 11.

Apocalypse: World War One is a series of documentary movies retracing the history of the war in five episodes. The Franco-Canadian television series by Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle brings together well-known and unpublished period documents and chronicles the major events, based on images of restored and colourised archives (5 x 52').

Dr. Amaury Lorin, French historian and journalist and guest speaker Prof. Dr. K.M. de Silva, Professor of History, Director, International Centre for Ethnic Studies will be the keynote speakers of the conference titled 'Colonial troops in World War One: Global context, British Raj and Sri Lanka, 1914-18.' Admissions is free for the shows. The films are subtitled in English and more suitable for adults.