Steve Brown sent the following to the class after the airing of Paul Lieberman’s new documentary “An Uncomfortable Half-Century” about Prof. Gaudino, his legacy, and the Gaudino Fund at age 50:

Dear Classmates and Friends/ Family of ’71,

       Thank you to the 60 classmates who either registered or appeared to watch  Paul’s showing of 4 chapters of his documentary of “An Uncomfortable Half Century “ followed by a Q&A  with Ed Berger (former Williams Prof. and Gaudino scholar) and Prof. Magnus Bernhardsson (current Prof. at Williams and also Gaudino Scholar) about the  current status of uncomfortable learning at Williams. It was spectacular.  For those of you missed it or were unable to stay for the entire program,  here is the link to the Dec. 2 program. An index to the program is attached at the bottom of this e-mail so you can choose quickly  what you want to see.  Here is the link:  Uncomfortable Half-Century_20251202_Speaker.mp4 – Google Drive

For everyone,  below is the just-posted YouTube version of the entire film, which you can view start-to-finish or by sampling the segments as you wish. 

 For “An Uncomfortable Half Century,” click this link:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pyu1lBeWZU

 As mentioned during the Zoom, this documentary in effect was a sequel to Lieberman’s film completed years ago, “Mr. Gaudino,,” on Robert Gaudino’s extraordinary life and tragic death, both shared intimately with the college community during our time there. If you’ve not yet seen that earlier film, here’s the link to “Mr. Gaudino”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGrXPhu60zw

 Finally, on a topic close to the experiences of the classes of ’71-’74, here’s his video history of “The Pioneers,” the colorful (and brilliant) women who launched co-education at Williams. Enjoy:  50th Reunion Recap – Williams Class of 1971

INDEX to Dec. 2 session:

  0:00 – Introduction( can be skipped)

  4:00 – Paul introducing program

  7:53 –  Uncomfortable in Cairo

  21:30 – Uncomfortable Freshman

  32:53- 36:55 – SKIP – technical difficulties

  36:59  — Uncomfortable Creativity ( highly recommend – about Ed Berger as Gaudino Scholar)

  54:40 – Uncomfortable Behind Bars and the Human Library ( highly recommend about Magnus Bernhardsson as Gaudino Scholar)

  104:07-128:07 – Paul’ s Discussion with Ed and Magnus about current status of uncomfortable learning at Williams and higher education in general – highly recommend

BTW – my apologies to all of you who attended the Dec.  2 session for the technical difficulties in showing the videos. Unanticipated internet issues which should have been anticipated. My bad.

Huge thanks again to Paul for his wonderful work.

Best, Steve