Amnesty UniMelb x Melbourne University Philosophy Society (MUPS) Film Screening | 'The Zone of Interest'

Join Amnesty UniMelb and the Melbourne University Philosophy Society (MUPS) to a film screening of one of the most important films of the century and pertinent to today's landscape of human rights, The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer, followed by a Q&A Discussion on moral responsibility, complicity, and human capacity to normalise violence, engaging primarily with the philosophical idea of the 'banality of evil' developed by German and American historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt.

This film follows Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, and his family as they live in a seemingly idyllic home and garden right beside the concentration camp. The film never shows the atrocities directly, but the constant presence of smoke, sound, and offscreen horror underscores the chilling contrast between the family’s ordinary domestic life and the industrialized genocide occurring just beyond their walls. Through this stark juxtaposition, the film explores themes of complicity, moral blindness, and the unsettling normality of evil.

FREE Food and Drinks provided

Location: Arts West Building, Level 3 Room 353

Date: Wednesday September 10th

Time: 6:15 PM - 8:15 PM