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News Release
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February 2, 2006
Boise State's Diverse Perspectives Film Series Presents
'Troop 1500'
The Boise State University Diverse Perspectives Film Series, a community
engagement project offered on the third Tuesday of each month, examines
diversity through a range of films. This month’s feature, “Troop 1500,” will
be presented at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 21 in the Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room.
An accompanying screening will be offered at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Boise
State West Campus Second Floor Lounge. Facilitated audience discussion about
family-friendly policies in Idaho and eastern Oregon will follow each film.
“Troop 1500” is a profile of a Texas-based Girl Scout troop that does not
meet in the typical comfort of a troop leader’s home, but instead gathers at
Gatesville Prison to unite troop members with mothers who have been
convicted of serious crimes. Facing steep sentences from the courts and
tough questions from their children, the mothers struggle to rebuild
relationships with the daughters who must endure a childhood without them.
The Diverse Perspectives Film Series is co-sponsored by the Boise State
Women’s Center, the Cultural Center, Student Activities, Idaho Public
Television and the Independent Television Service.
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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Relations, (208) 426-3275
Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho with about 18,600 students and 2,200 faculty and staff. More than 190
undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within
eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise
State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and
public service.
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