[CIMC-work] Filmstuff: FW: Plan Colombia, a new doc by the makers of Hidden Wars (Spanish version to release in October)

[Elizabeth Fraser]

I think the group may already have a copy of documentary "Plan
Colombia"--but I'm forwarding this along especially since it notes that
a Spanish-lang version of "Plan Colombia" is due out in October and I'm
thinking that it would be a fine thing for the group to have a copy in
Spanish.  -- Eliz

-----Original Message-----
From: GERARD UNGERMAN [mailto:freewillprod at prodigy.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:29 AM
To: DemocracyU at aol.com
Subject: "Plan Colombia", a new doc by the makers of "Hidden Wars"


A NEW DOCUMENTARY BY THE MAKERS OF "HIDDEN WARS OF DESERT STORM"
"PLAN COLOMBIA : Cashing-in on the Drug-War Failure"
A 57-minute documentary about the US "War-on-Drugs" in Colombia

September 2003 : $ 87 billion requested to the US Congress by Bush for
his so-called "war-on-terror" in Iraq make the headlines. However when
the same Bush requested half a billion dollars for his "Andean
Initiative" a week earlier, it went practically unreported by the media.
That was no coincidence. The war in Colombia is supposed to remain
invisible, unnoticed while another war rumbles loudly in the Persian
Gulf.
Brought to you by Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy who made "Hidden Wars
of Desert Storm" (a documentary internationally shown and acclaimed as
an eye-opener on the 1991 Gulf War) "Plan Colombia..." looks at why
former Colombian Pres. Andres Pastrana abruptly stepped up violence
against the leftist guerrilla movements of Colombia (FARC and ELN) as
soon as he received the US military aid package under the so-called
anti-drug "Plan Colombia". Now that the US State Dept. openly targets
the FARC guerillas it calls "terrorists", what is left of the initial
anti-narcotics purpose of the US "Plan Colombia" ? Is the US Government
concerned still with fighting drugs ? After 20 years of drug-wars in the
Andes resulting in a two fold increase of cocaine import in the US in
the last ten years alone, could there be alternate purposes to a plan
focused on beefing up the local military and spraying coca-fields only
in rebel-held parts of the country when coca is grown all around
Colombia ?

Noam Chomsky, the late Senator Paul Wellstone, Colombian Presidential
candidate Ingrid Betancourt (now a hostage of the FARC), US Members of
Congress John Conyers and Jim McGovern, US State Dep. officials, a World
Wildlife Fund scientist as well as many Colombians from all walks of
life, including guerilla-leaders..., all shed light on the complex
issues of drug-trafficking and civil struggle in Colombia and on the
impact of both the current chemical-spray program carried out by US
Defense-contractor Dyncorp and the multi-billion dollar-aid package
delivered to the brutal Colombian military. Additional insights are
provided on the significant factor OIL has become in the Colombian
equation, a country with the same oil potential as Venezuela, today the
second largest oil supplier to the US.

Until Nov. 1st, 2003, "Plan Colombia: Cashing-In on the Drug-War
Failure" will be made available to Justice Visions subscribers with a $
5. discount at $ 20. instead of the regular $ 25. We also make available
two six-hour compilations of full interviews. In English, one features
Noam Chomsky, Ramsey Clark, the late Senator Paul Wellstone, Congressmen
John Conyers and Jim McGovern, Prof. Alfred McCoy (author of "The
Politics of Heroin") and many others. In Spanish, the other one features
a wide range of Colombian personalities including members of Congress,
political, human-rights and religious figures, members of the Colombian
military as well as Guerilla leaders and coca-farmers. Each of these
compilations costs $ 15., both cost $ 25. with a $ 5. discount = $ 20.
Shipping for one or several tapes is an additional $ 7. A Spanish
version of the doc will be available in early October. VHS is the only
format for sale now. All details are available at <
http://www.plancolombia.org >.

At Free-Will, we thank you immensely for your continued interest and
support. Our team just came back from a two-and-a-half month trip to
Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan and we are now striving to complete a new
documentary as soon as possible. Please, remember that Free-Will only
gets funded by selling its documentaries to supporters like you, no
government institution or corporation will back us up evidently and we
are totally self-financing each and every one of our projects. All
contributions are dearly appreciated, so we encourage you to check our
other productions on < http://www.freewillprod.com >. Your support is
our survival as an independent documentary-film-making team.

Thank you very much all,
Gerard Ungerman & Audrey Brohy
Free-Will Productions
< http://www.freewillprod.com >
< http://www.plancolombia.org >
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