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March 4, 2005/Adar I 23 5765, Volume 57, No. 27
Vandalism mars opening of ADL/SCC film series
DEBORAH SUSSMAN SUSSER
Associate Editor
Vandals defaced the walls of the Scottsdale Community College Performing Arts Center with swastikas and other neo-Nazi symbols on Feb. 16, the day of the opening of a documentary film series sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League and Scottsdale Community College.
The series, titled "The Many Faces of Hate," opened without incident that evening with a screening of "Forgotten Fires," a movie that explores the burning of two South Carolina churches in 1995.
"We never wavered in going on with the film series," said Bill Straus, ADL regional director, adding, "We beefed up security a bit."
The ADL has been cooperating with the Salt River/Pima Tribal Police, who are investigating the incident, but to date no suspects have been identified.
"The main impact of the swastikas was felt the night of the films in the discussion afterwards," Straus said. "(The audience) talked about the film and they related it to the incident. We all left there with the feeling that everybody kind of got it, that the swastikas really reinforced why we were doing the film series to begin with."
"The Many Faces of Hate" continues on March 16 with "Licensed to Kill," a series of prison interviews with men who have been convicted of brutal attacks on homosexuals. All films in the series are shown 6:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month through May at the SCC Performing Arts Center, 9000 E. Chaparral Road. Call 602-274-0991.
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