The Stranger

Earlier this year, Seattle filmmaker Sandy Cioffi and her crew were traveling in Nigeria in search of closing footage for Sweet Crude, her documentary about life in the dirt-poor-but-oil-rich Niger Delta. On April 12, they were apprehended by the Nigerian military and held for seven harrowing days. Tonight Cioffi joins an international panel of journalists and human-rights advocates to parse "the deeper story and larger issues" behind her detainment and the growing risks of international journalism. (University of Washington, Kane Hall Room 130, www.brownpapertickets.com. 7 pm, $10/$5.) by David Schmader

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