 special screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Professor John Cox and special guests.

 is an associate professor of History and Global Studies at UNC Charlotte and directs the 

Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Studies

. John has written and lectured widely on racism and genocide as well as resistance and has been active in human-rights activism for many years. Dr. Cox came to Charlotte a dozen years ago, having earlier founded and directed another genocide & human-rights center at Florida Gulf Coast University.


His book on modern genocide and racism, 

 (Oxford University Press, 2017) will be published in a 2nd edition later this year, adding a chapter on the Bosnian genocide of 1992-1995. He also wrote a book on anti-Nazi resistance, 

Circles of Resistance: Leftist, Jewish, and Youth Dissidence during the Third Reich

. Some of John's writings can be found on his 

Make Empact, Inc.

On February 10th, 2015, it took a killer 36 seconds to extinguish the lives of three young, Muslim Americans in their home in Chapel Hill, NC. The film charts the victims’ families’ agonizing overnight pivot from trauma to advocacy as they struggle to prevent their loved ones’ deaths from being dismissed as the result of a random parking dispute. 

This is a project about grace and the will to fight for the truth in the worst of circumstances.

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On February 10th, 2015, it took Craig Hicks 36 seconds to extinguish the lives of three young, Muslim Americans in their home in Chapel Hill, NC. Before they can grieve, the families are forced to become activists to set the record straight about the murders.

The film charts the victims’ families’ agonizing overnight pivot from trauma to advocacy as they struggle to prevent their loved ones’ deaths from being dismissed as the result of a random parking dispute. They courageously speak the truth about the hate crime that has destroyed their lives, about the overt and insidious ways racism plays out in our society and about the need to reform a hate crime system that is broken. This is a project about grace and the will to fight for the truth in the worst of circumstances.

36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime