Name: Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Start: 2019-08-14T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-08-14T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Scandinavia House

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Scandinavia House was created by the American-Scandinavian Foundation to be the leading center for Nordic culture in the United States. It offers a wide range of programs that include exhibitions, film series, concerts and other performances, readings, lectures, language courses, and activities for kids.

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In 1961, United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane mysteriously crashed, killing Hammarskjöld and most of the crew. Because Hammarskjöld was then a major advocate for Congo’s independence — against the wishes of European mining companies and other powerful entities — it’s since been understood that the “crash” was in fact an assassination. With the case still unsolved 50-plus years later, Danish journalist, filmmaker, and provocateur Mads Brügger (The Red Chapel, The Ambassador) leads us down an investigative rabbit hole to unearth the truth. Accompanied by Swedish aid worker and investigator Goran Bjorkdahl, as well as a host of co-conspirators, Brügger tirelessly pursues a winding trail of clues, turning up more mysteries than revelations. But after scores of false starts, dead ends, and elusive interviews, he and Bjorkdahl begin to sniff out something more monumental than anything they’d initially imagined.
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In his signature agitprop style, Brügger becomes both filmmaker and subject, challenging the very nature of truth by “performing” the role of truth seeker. And when Brügger uncovers a critical secret that could send shockwaves around the world, it becomes clear that absurdity and irony may be the best ingredients to confront the truly sinister.
**Due to routine maintenance at Scandinavia House, the elevator will not be operating on Wednesday, August 14, at 7 PM. Guests will therefore need to use the stairs to access the screening in Victor Borge Hall, located one flight down on the lower level.**
 Brügger’s 2018 film <A HREF="http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/events/st-bernhard-syndicatesankt-bernhard-syndikatet/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Saint Bernard Syndicate</A> also screens this fall at Scandinavia House on October 4.
Directed by Mads Brügger (Denmark/Norway/Sweden/Belgium, 2019). 128 min. In English and French with English subtitles.
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“A conspiracy-fueled murder mystery with some hilarious meta-commentary on the genre, Cold Case Hammarskjold is either a stunning piece of investigative reporting that builds to a revelatory climax or a wily trickster’s dark critique of the audience’s desperate need for answers.”—The Hollywood Reporter
“A jaw-dropping expose of the horrors of colonialism”—The Film Stage
Special thanks to Magnolia Pictures. Cold Case Hammarskjöld opens theatrically on August 16 at the IFC Center and select cities across the U.S.
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