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Friday Night Free Films
The Northampton Committee Peace and Justice Film Series

Most Friday nights at 7:00 p.m., we show a documentary film relating to peace and justice at the Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic Street in Northampton. Enter via Woodstar Cafe, at the front of the building. The venue is accessible.

The screenings are free unless otherwise noted. Discussion follows.

Next:
Sept. 5

The Take
Amid economic collapse, workers take over and restart their idle factories. AnnaMarie Russo will lead a discussion of the principles of anarchy demonstrated in the film.

Here is full schedule of this season's films, followed by full listings of all our previous seasons.

Fall 2008

Date	Film	Flyer
Sept 5	The Take Amid economic collapse, workers take over and restart their idle factories. AnnaMarie Russo will lead a discussion of the principles of anarchy demonstrated in the film.
Sept 12	Step by Step: Keeping the Arts Alive A ballroom-dancing program for youth in inner-city Springfield. Discussion with the film maker, Julie Akeret, and the film's subjects, program founders Allyson and George Gouzounis.
Sept 19	Considering Democracy An examination of the core issues that affect us and our identity as a nation; discussion with the film maker, Keya Lea Horiuchi.
Sept 26	Climate of Hope Australian anti-nuclear activists present and lead discussion of a short film on climate change, the hazards of nuclear power, and alternatives.

Summer 2008

Date	Film	Flyer
May 30	Occupation 101 A comprehensive rundown of the situation in the Occupied Territories
June 6	Encounter Point Bereaved Palestinians and Israelis work together to end the bloodshed in the Occupied Territories.
June 13	Freedom of Expression A new film from MEF details how copyright law is being abused to limit free speech.
June 20	Made in L.A. Three Latina immigrants organize to win basic workers' rights from a clothing retailer.
June 27	F.O.R. Iran Report Rudy Perkins reports on his recent trip to Iran with the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
July 4	No Film
July 11	The 11th Hour Leonardo DiCaprio's follow-up to "An Inconvenient Truth" looks at the current state of the environment. Sponsored by GreenNorthampton.org.
July 18	Rush to War Another look at the deceptions and propaganda that led us into Iraq.
July 25 Aug 1	The Century of the Self An intense BBC documentary looks at the the psychological basis of consumerism and how it has been used to engineer a selfish, complacent society. Shown over two Fridays.
Aug 8	Iraq's Lost Generation The BBC investigates the Iraqi refugee crisis, where 4 million - 20 percent of Iraq's population - have been displaced.
Aug 15	The Shape of Water Five women activists in far-flung situations work for peace and justice.
Aug 22	The World According to Monsanto Aggressive and unscrupulous, agricultural giant Monsanto does far more harm than good in the fight against world hunger. Note: The originally advertised Garbage Warrior will not be shown this week.
Aug 29	Iran is not the Problem A thoughtful examination of the political and historical context of the current saber-rattling with Iran.

Spring 2008

Date	Film	Flyer
March 7	Winter Soldier The story of the 1971 Winter Soldier Investigation, a public hearing put together by Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize U.S. war crimes in Vietnam. Iraq Veterans Against the War has organized similar hearings for March 13-16 in Washington to publicize today's version of that inhumanity in Iraq and Afghanistan. See our page for local viewing opportunities.
March 14	Union Maids Three rank-and-file union organizers tell uplifting stories of class and gender struggle at the height of the labor movement in the 1930's.
March 21	In Search of Gandhi A filmmaker follows the route of Gandhi's Salt March to see whether his hopes for social justice and democracy in India have been fulfilled.
March 28	Mission Against Terror The story of the Cuban 5, Cuban anti-terror agents who were arrested and given long prison terms in the U.S - and examples of the U.S. terrorism they were trying to stop.
April 4	What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire Parts 3 and 4 of a series examining global capitalism as a collapsing empire.
April 11	Echando Raices/Taking Root From the AFSC, a candid look at immigration in the U.S.
April 18	Another Way to Be Indigenous wisdom from the Amazon basin points the way to an all-important societal change: presentation by Susan Lantz, with video from The Pachamama Alliance.
April 25	Talking Trash and The Story of Stuff Waste management in a surreal Texas town; an overview of the many problems of consumerism.
May 2	The Diamond Empire How an advertising campaign made a worthless type of rock precious. An MEF film.
May 9	Chocolate Country A cooperative in the Dominican Republic helps redefine global trade from the bottom up. With the film makers.
May 16	Two Angry Moms Two women take on the problem of nutritionally worthless food in schools. Co-sponsored with Food Bank Farm in support of the Proper School Nutrition Bill being considered on Beacon Hill.
May 23	Pete Seeger: The Power of Song The career of folk-music legend Pete Seeger, author of such peace-and-justice anthems as "If I Had a Hammer," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," and "Turn! Turn! Turn!"

Winter 2007-2008

Date	Film	Flyer
Dec. 7	Greensboro: Closer to the Truth A truth and reconciliation commission helps heal the wounds of the 1979 Greensboro Massacre. With Marty Nathan, massacre survivor and former director of the Greensboro Justice Fund.
Dec. 14	Little Birds From Japan, an unabashed look at the devastation of the Iraq War.
Jan. 4	Bolivia Presentation Presentation by Marty Nathan and Elliot Fratkin on Bolivia, currently a flashpoint in the struggle for Latin American democracy.
Jan. 11	Ghosts of Abu Ghraib The policy and the psychology that led to the outing of America as a nation that practices torture
Jan. 18	A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, Part I Nashville desegregation; Gandhi; the end of Apartheid
Jan. 25	A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, Part II Danish resistance to Nazi occupation; Polish Solidarity; the nonviolent ouster of Chilean dictator Pinochet
Feb. 1	The Water Front The declining industrial city of Highland Park, Michigan finds it can no longer pay for water.
Feb. 8	Uncounted Details of fraud in the 2004 and 2006 elections, and a call to action to avoid a repeat.
Feb. 15	Bam 6.6 The humanity of Iranian people shines against the backdrop of a tragic earthquake.
Feb. 22	In Search of Gandhi A filmmaker follows the route of Gandhi's Salt March to see what grows there today.
Feb. 29	No End in Sight Insiders expose the incompetence and hubris with which the Iraq war was prosecuted.

Fall 2007

Date	Film	Flyer
Sept. 7	About Baghdad Interviews with ordinary Baghdad residents show mixed feelings shortly after the 2003 invasion.
Sept. 14	Local Iranians' Views and Experiences A special educational forum and Q-and-A with local Iranians. Special location: Room 106, Seelye Hall, Smith College
Sept. 21	Ghosts of Abu Ghraib The policy and the psychology that led to the outing of America as a torture nation.
Sept. 28	War Made Easy Local Premiere A new film from the Media Education Foundation shows how the U.S. war machine is greased with government deception and media collusion. Non-free, sponsored by MEF, at Academy of Music.
Oct. 5	Theologians Under Hitler The German Christian Church generally aligned itself with the Nazis. How could this happen? Could it happen again?
Oct. 12	The War on Democracy U.S. interference in Venezuela's transition from oligarchy to socialism is part of a deadly pattern that has been repeated time and again in Latin America.
Oct. 19	War Made Easy Repeat Showing A new film from the Media Education Foundation shows how the U.S. war machine is greased with government deception and media collusion. Note: this is also Iraq Moratorium Day.
Oct. 26	Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World In countries where homosexuality is illegal, the struggle for acceptance has high stakes.
Nov. 2	Inside Burma John Pilger's look at the brutal history of one of the world's most repressive regimes provides a clear context for events unfolding today.
Nov. 9	Child Soldiers Smith Professor Joanne Corbin talks about the tragedy of child soldiers, specifically in Uganda.
Nov. 16	Five New Short Films from Iraq Five recent short films from the Baghdad Independent Film and Television College
Nov. 23	The Great Energy Revolution Optimist Guy Dauncey looks past the calamities of our fossil fuel dependence.
Nov. 30	The Refusal The story of Franz Jägerstätter, whose conscientious objection to serving as a Nazi cost him his life.

Summer 2007

Date	Film	Flyer
June 1	Iraq in Fragments Beautifully filmed portraits of unremarkable Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish Iraqis.
June 8	Combatants for Peace Former soldiers from opposite sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict turn toward discussion and peace. This is a video of a January event in Amherst.
June 15	Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People The Media Education Foundation documents unflattering portrayals of Arabs in movies and on TV.
June 22	Clean Transportation in the Valley A discussion with MassBike's James Lowenthal about alternatives to the endless grind of automobile traffic.
June 29	Jesus Camp At a summer camp in North Dakota, children learn the fundamentals of fundamentalism.
July 6	An Unreasonable Man The life and career of American gadfly Ralph Nader.
July 13	The White Rose The story of a nonviolent student resistance group within Nazi Germany.
July 20	Broken Rainbow A 1974 law continues the genocide by forcing 10,000 Navajo from their ancestral land.
July 27	Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin The life of openly gay African-American activist Bayard Rustin, a central figure in the nonviolent struggle for civil rights in the 1960s.
August 3	Original Child Bomb Declassified footage, photographs, drawings and testimonies from Hiroshima and Nagasaki show the human cost of nuclear weapons and connect this painful history to current U.S. militarism.
August 10	Zabelka: The Reluctant Prophet The chaplain to the atomic-bomb aircrews has a dramatic change of heart.
August 17	The Trial of the Catonsville Nine Catholic Worker activists are sent to prison for destroying draft records during the Vietnam war. Special guest: Catonsville Niner Tom Lewis.
August 24	Dorothy Day: Don't Call Me a Saint The life of pacifist and social justice activist Dorothy Day, who founded the Catholic Worker movement.
August 31	Stolen Childhoods Children around the world are forced to work, and activists work to expose the practice.

Spring 2007

Date	Film	Flyer
March 2	Up the Ridge The disturbing example of Kentucky's Wallens Ridge State Prison exposes the politics, money, racism and cruelty of a prison-bound approach to justice.
March 9	Buyer Be Fair: The Promise of Product Certification Globalization too often takes the form of exploitation. Can fair-trade certification programs bring some justice to the picture? "Buyer Be Fair" takes the viewer around the world to examine the prospects, focusing on successes in the coffee and timber industries.
March 16	China Blue Did cheap Chinese labor make the bluejeans you're wearing? "China Blue" takes you inside the factory for a candid look at the workers, the bosses, and the conditions that power the American way of life.
March 23	¡Salud! Cuba's powerhouse health-care system, a source of revolutionary pride, fans out around the world to help.
March 30	Iron-Jawed Angels [HBO Page] Young activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns risk their lives leading the U.S. women's suffrage movement to victory. (Drama)
April 6	Crude Impact Humanity's appetite for oil collides with local cultures, other species, and the planet itself.
April 13	The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community A positive view of humanity's prospects as it outgrows its ability to ignore its problems.
April 20	The Iron Wall Isreal's settlements, and now the Separation Wall, work against a vision for peace.
April 27	Chernobyl Heart Consequences of the 1986 reactor fire include displacement, disease, and fear.
May 4	China Blue (reprised due to a snowstorm during the first showing) Did cheap Chinese labor make the bluejeans you're wearing? "China Blue" takes you inside the factory for a candid look at the workers, the bosses, and the conditions that power the American way of life. Today is also the 88th anniversary of China's May 4 Movement.
May 11	Dying to Live: A Migrant's Journey A heartfelt look at Mexican immigrants, their motivations, and the hatred they endure at the hands of the country that employs them.
May 18	Out of Balance: ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change ExxonMobil's misinformation campaign against climate change is part of a pattern of anti-social behavior. With the film's creator, Tom Jackson.
May 25	Talking of Power Grassroots participants in the Venezuelan revolution talk about their experiences.

Winter 2006 - 2007

Date	Film	Flyer
Dec. 1	American Blackout Rep. Cynthia McKinney and others investigate cheating during the 2000 and 2004 elections.	[PDF] [JPG]
Dec. 8	Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land Northampton's own Media Education Foundation exposes the stunning level of censorship in U.S. coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Dec. 15	The Words of Rachel Corrie A play based on a series of e-mails to her family from 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer while defending a Palestinian family's home.
Dec. 22	No film.
Dec. 29	Advertising and the End of the World The implications of advertising on sustainability: a presentation by UMass professor and Media Education Foundation executive director Sut Jhally.
Jan. 5	Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the 'War on Terror' The stories of Khaled El-Masri and Binyam Mohamed, survivors of secret detention and torture by the United States. Also, a short video of a conversation with Guantánamo detainee Moazzem Begg.	[PDF] [JPG]
Jan. 12	The Ground Truth Iraq veterans talk about the realities of recruitment, war, and the psychological aftermath.
Jan. 19	We Arundhati Roy's classic Come September speech set to a stunning montage of music and images of war.
Jan 26	This Is What Democracy Looks Like A detailed look at the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, and how they awakened a new generation of activists.
Feb 2	The Road to Guantánamo Three British men are detained for three years in a U.S. prison that practices torture.	[PDF] [JPG]
Feb 9	The Murder of Fred Hampton FBI and Chicago Police raid the apartment of a Black Panther leader.
Feb 16, Feb 25	When the Levees Broke Spike Lee's four-part documentary on Katrina, shown over two Friday nights.

Fall 2006

Date	Film	Flyer
Sept. 1	A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, Part I The first three parts of the six-part PBS documentary on case studies of successful nonviolence.	[PDF] [JPG]
Sept. 8	A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, Part II The last three parts of the six-part PBS documentary on case studies of successful nonviolence.
Sept. 15	Sir, No Sir! The G.I. resistance movement to the Vietnam War.
Sept. 22	The Camden 28 The 1971 trial and acquittal of anti-war activists who had raided Selective Service offices to destroy draft records.
Sept. 29	Palestine is Still the Issue John Pilger's followup to his 1977 film of the same name asks why there has been no progress in 25 years.
Oct. 6	Race: The Power of an Illusion, Part 3 Race is real, but it's a political concept, not a scientific one. Part 3 of this PBS series examines institutional advantages of being "white."	[PDF] [JPG]
Oct. 13	The Color of Fear Eight men of various ethnicities gather to have "the dialog that most of us fear, but hope will happen in our lifetime."
Oct. 20	Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders The role of ordinary women in the Civil Rights Movement.
Oct. 27	Urban Homesteading: Building Small-Scale Community Economies Off the grid in the heart of Springfield, homesteaders Kristin Brennan and Daniel Staub will explain how we can take steps in our daily lives towards creating self-sufficient community economies.
Nov. 3	Iraq for Sale: the War Profiteers Robert Greenwald shows how U.S. corporations conspire with the Bush administration to make billions off war and reconstruction.
Nov. 10	No film: Northampton Independent Film Festival
Nov. 17	Transgender Teens The story of two male-to-female teenagers: one has the support of her family and the other is forced to fend for herself on the streets. A discussion with trans teens will follow the film. Co-sponsored with UMass Generation Q.
Nov. 24	No film: Thanksgiving holiday

Summer 2006

Date	Film
June 2	Fidel Film maker Estela Bravo presents a biography of the remarkable Cuban leader with a positive slant rather than the negative bias usually found in U.S. media portrayals. This is the first of two films about Cuba, timed to elicit support for the 2006 Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba, which will stop in Northampton on June 20.	[PDF] [JPG]
June 9	The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil As the world faces the end of affordable oil, it can look to Cuba, for whom cheap oil ended 15 years ago when the Soviet Union collapsed. The country survived through a crash program of community-based organic agriculture. Special guest, Paige Bridgens of the Montview Neighborhood Farm, will lead discussion.
June 16	Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disesase and Pushing Drugs The world premiere of the Media Education Foundation's latest film on how our understanding of our health is warped by the pharmaceutical industry's intense marketing efforts.
June 23	The Real Cost of the War on Drugs for Western Massachusetts Lois Ahrens, Director of the Real Cost of Prisons Project, will present Tulia, Texas: Scenes from the Drug War, a documentary about a town that suddenly arrested 15% of its black population on made-up drug charges.
June 30	The Yes Men An outrageous band of political pranksters takes aim at the World Trade Organization.
July 7	Michael Franti: I Know I'm Not Alone: A Musician's Journey Through War in the Middle East Activist and musician Michael Franti of Spearhead travels to Iraq, Palestine and Israel to explore the human cost of war with a group of friends, some video cameras and his guitar.	[PDF] [JPG]
July 14	The Big Buy: Tom Delay's Stolen Congress Robert Greenwald's new look at the extensive corruption of our current congress. Cosponsored by Social Workers for Peace and Justice.
July 21	Kabul in Winter: Afghanistan Without Peace Journalist and women's rights activist Ann Jones, who spent three years in Kabul after the U.S. bombing, will talk about the ongoing struggle of women in Afghanistan and the failure of the U.S. invasion to deliver on its promises of improved conditions.
July 28	Plan Columbia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure A look at the complex issues of drug-trafficking and civil struggle in Columbia.
August 4	The Future of Food An in-depth investigation of the pitfalls of industrial agriculture and corporate control of food production, and a look at the alternatives of organic and sustainable practices.	[PDF] [JPG]

August 11	Grain of Sand The history of Mexico's National Education Workers Union and its annual strike in Oaxaca, which was violently repressed this year.

August 18	Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life The forces behind Americas lack of intercity rail transit, its car culture, and its oil dependence.
August 25	Lawn Pesticides: An Unacceptable Risk The risk of lawn pesticides to children and pets, organic alternatives, and community efforts to end the use of pesticides in public landscaping.

Spring 2006

Date	Film	Flyer
March 31	In their Own Words: Iraqi Perspectives on Occupation Film maker Brian Conley of the Alive in Baghdad Project, a group working to counter the collusive and sloppy coverage of the Occupation by mainstream Western news media, will present his latest video of interviews with ordinary Iraqis.	[PDF] [JPG]
April 7	Abbas Goes to Japan A six-year-old Iraqi who contracts leukemia is sent to Japan for months of treatment. Discussion with Claudia Lefko of the Iraqi Children's Art Exchange Project, which works with pediatric cancer patients in Iraq.
April 14	Turtles Can Fly A group of children cling to their humanity in a Kurdish refugee camp at the start of the Iraq war. (Drama.)
April 21	The Letter The mayor of Lewiston, Maine ignites a firestorm of racism against the city's Somali immigrant population.
April 28	Arna's Children A West Bank woman starts a theater group for children affected by the Israeli occupation.
May 5	A Shotgun Wedding: Terrorism, Fundamentalism and War in Afghanistan Local human rights investigator Keith Harmon Snow, fresh from Afghanistan, will share his pictures and his impressions.	[PDF] [JPG]
May 12	Rebels with a Cause The 1960s through the eyes of the influential group Students for a Democratic Society; special guest, SDS President Carl Oglesby.
May 19	Lovejoy's Nuclear War An activist destroys a 500-foot tower to help stop a major power plant from being located in Montague.
May 26	An Act of Conscience War tax resisters in Colrain, Massachusetts must fight to keep their home.

Winter 2006

Date	Film	Flyer
Jan. 6	Breakdown Political and military insiders discuss the disastrous direction of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.	[PDF] [JPG]
Jan. 13	Worlds Apart: 9/11 First Responders Against the War A group of 9/11 first responders visits their counterparts in Afghanistan.
Jan. 20	Vieques: Worth Every Bit of Struggle Islanders struggle to reclaim their land from U.S. Navy occupation and bombing. With special guest, the film's producer, Mary Patierno.
Jan. 27	EDSA II: People Power in 2001 The 2001 People Power movement in the Philippines, which took on President Jose Estrada. Discussion with UMass Asian History Professor Richard Chu.
Feb. 3	Paul Robeson: Here I Stand The life of blacklisted activist/entertainer Paul Robeson. From the PBS American Masters series.	[PDF] [JPG]
Feb. 10	Long Night's Journey Into Day South Africa's attempt to treat the wounds of apartheid through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Feb. 17	Winter Soldier The 1971 Winter Soldier Investigation, a veterans' group hearing to publicize U.S. war crimes in Vietnam. Special guest, Vietnam veteran Al Miller of the Veterans Education Project.
Feb. 24	The Weather Underground Amid Vietnam-era turbulence, a band of political bombers sets a vivid counter-example for the peace movement. Special guest, SDS President Carl Oglesby.
March 3	Ancient Futures - Learning from Ladakh A remote land's modernization highlights the root causes of social problems.	[PDF] [JPG]
March 10	Haiti: Harvest of Hope Haiti's turbulent course towards democracy during the early 1990's.
March 17	Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class World premiere! A brand-new film by our own Media Education Foundation examines TV's lowbrow stereotypes about working-class people.
March 24	Two shorts: The Case for Impeachment with John C. Bonifaz, and We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For, featuring the Rev. Lennox Yearwood and others.

2005 Fall Peace and Justice Film Series

Date	Film	Flyer
Sept. 30	Voices in Wartime a.k.a. Poetry in Wartime Poets, journalists, soldiers and others offer diverse perspectives on war's effects on soldiers, civilians and society.	[PDF] [JPG]
Oct. 7	The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium, and the Dying Children A team of DU experts visit contaminated Iraqi battlefields and civilian areas, as well as a Basra cancer ward. (Repeat showing.)	[PDF] [JPG]
Oct. 14	Someone Sang for Me Local filmmaker Julie Akeret will present her documentary on Springfield gospel singer and community-based music educator Jane Sapp.	[PDF] [JPG]
Oct. 21	The Forest for the Trees The story of EarthFirst! activist Judi Bari, who was framed by the FBI for an attack that nearly killed her.	[PDF] [JPG]
Oct. 28	The Argentina Autonomista Project A multimedia presentation on women in grassroots activism. Special guest: AAP Coordinator Graciela Monteagudo.	[PDF] [JPG]
Nov. 4	Haiti: The Untold Story Human rights abuses in Haiti since the 2004 coup, including a 2005 massacre of civilians by the U.N.	[PDF] [JPG]
Nov. 11	Film cancelled
	November 18 - December 16 The Unknown History of Nonviolent Action Special mini-series	[PDF] [JPG]
Nov. 18	People Power: The Philippine Experience The forces of nonviolence in the run-up to the ouster of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Nov. 25	No film
Dec. 2	Weapons of the Spirit The amazing story of Le Chambon, a French village that hid 5,000 Jews during the Nazi occupation.
Dec. 9	Favela Rising A drug dealer in the slums of Rio becomes a social activist, with music as his vehicle.
Dec. 16	The Historic Emergence of Nonviolent Struggle A classic lecture by nonviolence theoretician Gene Sharp.

2005 Summer Peace and Justice Film Series

Date	Film	Flyer
Sept. 9	Truth and Politics: Unanswered Questions about 9/11 David Ray Griffin discusses his book "The 9/11 Commission Report Omissions and Distortions"	[PDF] [JPG]
August 5	Hiroshima: The Forgotten Secret Footage and ABC News: Why We Dropped the Bomb Forgotten Japanese archival footage of the devastation; Peter Jennings questions the military necessity of the bombs.	[PDF] [JPG]
July 29	Refusing to Kill: Refuseniks from Around the World Speak Out Against Murder, Rape, and Other Torture Refusers' stories, and the reasons they refuse, in a new film from the Global Women's Strike.	[PDF] [JPG]
July 22	The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium, and the Dying Children A team of DU experts visit contaminated Iraqi battlefields and civilian areas, as well as a Basra cancer ward.	[PDF] [JPG]
July 15	9/11 and American Empire: How Should Religious People Respond? Academic theologist turned 9/11 researcher David Ray Griffin outlines current thinking of the 9/11 Truth Movement.	[PDF] [JPG]
July 1 - July 8	The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear The landmark BBC documentary on the neoconservatives. Over 2 showings.	[PDF] [JPG]
June 24	Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear, and the Selling of American Empire The full theatrical version of the classic documentary by our very own Media Education Foundation. With special guest, film producer and MEF executive director Sut Jhally.	[PDF] [JPG]

2005 Spring Peace and Justice Film Series

Date	Film	Flyer
March 25 - April 8	Eyes on the Prize over 3 showings. The definitive film account of the American Civil Rights Movement	[PDF] [JPG]
	3/25: "Awakenings" and "Fighting Back" 4/1: "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" and "No Easy Walk" 4/8: "Mississippi: Is This America?" and "Bridge To Freedom"
April 15	The Agronomist Feature film maker Jonathan Demme tells the story of Haitian activist Jean L. Dominique.	[PDF] [JPG]
April 22	You Got To Move The story of Tennessee's influential and bigot-beleaguered Highlander Folk School.	[PDF] [JPG]
April 29	Venezuela: A 21st Century Revolution How Venezuela's "Bolivarian revolution" is empowering women and women are powering the revolution.	[PDF] [JPG]
May 6	Bloqueo: Looking at the U.S. Embargo Against Cuba and The Greening of Cuba Cuba through Cuban eyes; the Pastors for Peace Caravan; and the largest-ever conversion to organic farming.	[PDF] [JPG]
May 13	The Take Amid Argentina's 2001 economic collapse, workers take over their idle factory to restart the machines.	[PDF] [JPG]
May 20	The Corporation Corporate insiders shed light on the "pathological pursuit of profit and power." Special guest speaker Ward Morehouse, co-founder of POCLAD.	[PDF] [JPG]
May 27	Drowned Out and short film Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night India's Narmada River Project; Telephone Support Outsourcing	[PDF] [JPG]
June 3	Control Room A candid view inside the Iraq war bureau of Al Jazeera at the start of the war.	[PDF] [JPG]
June 10	Uncovered: The War on Iraq Filmmaker Robert Greenwald's point-by-point recapitulation of the Administration's case for war.	[PDF] [JPG]
June 17	Orwell Rolls in His Grave Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for the truth?	[PDF] [JPG]

2005 Winter Peace and Justice Film Series

Date	Film	Flyer
January 7	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised The 2002 Venezuelan coup that failed to topple popular socialist President Hugo Chavez.	[PDF]
January 14-28	The PBS documentary series A Force More Powerful will be presented over 3 showings: 1/14: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, Part I 1/21: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, Part II 1/28: Bringing Down a Dictator	[PDF]
February 4	About Baghdad Interviews with ordinary folks in Baghdad in the summer of 2003 show complex attitudes towards the U.S.	[PDF] [JPG]
February 11	No Film
February 18	The Water Is Ours, Damn It! Bolivia's water rebellion against Bechtel.
February 25 - March 4	The Gate of Heavenly Peace over 2 showings. A detailed look at the 1989 Tiananmen protests.
March 11 - 18	The Power of Nightmares over 2 showings. How the neocons incite fear to consolidate power.
March 19	Special marathon screening of all 13 half-hour episodes of Shocking and Awful on the anniversary of the Iraq war.	[PDF]
March 25 - April 8	Eyes on the Prize over 3 showings. The definitive film account of the American Civil Rights Movement	[PDF] [JPG]
	3/25: "Awakenings" and "Fighting Back" 4/1: "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" and "No Easy Walk" 4/8: "Mississippi: Is This America?" and "Bridge To Freedom"

2004 Fall Peace and Justice Film Series

Date	Film	Further Info
October 8	The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream
October 15	Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism	[Flyer]
October 22	No film
October 29	The Fourth World War	[Flyer]
November 7 (Sunday)	Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Special paid showing	[Flyer]
November 12	The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror	[Flyer]
November 19	Hidden in Plain Sight U.S. policy in Latin America through the prism of the School of the Americas	[Flyer]
December 3	Bush's Brain: A Documentary about Karl Rove	[Flyer]