[CIMC-work] FW: Two documentary programs this weekend - Chicago Filmmakers

[Elizabeth Fraser]

Thoughts about adding these to the Events panel?  They would just need
to be up through Saturday.--Eliz

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Subject: Two documentary programs this weekend - Chicago Filmmakers

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Andersonville Neighbors for Peace in association with Chicago Filmmakers
Present

Friday, September 19 - 7:30 pm at Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)
Crossing the Line/School of the Americas program Featuring the 2003
documentary Hidden in Plain Sight

Hidden in Plain Sight examines the realities of the notorious School of
the Americas and includes interviews with Noam Chomsky, Eduardo Galeano,
Maj. Joseph Blair, Michael Parenti, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Mac Collins,
Sister Diana Ortiz, Father Roy Bourgeois, and Maj. Genreral J. Lemoyne.

Every November thousands of people from across North America gather
outside Fort Benning, Georgia to protest the controversial School of the
Americas, which for years has been training foreign militaries in
counterinsurgency, interrogation, torture, and repression.

After the screening there will be a discussion with the participation of
Sister Dorothy Pagosa, who was recently released from prison.

This program is also sponsored by 8th Day Center for Justice and Chicago
Media Action.

Admission is free (suggested donation $7(

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CHICAGO FILMMAKERS PRESENTS

Saturday, September 20  --  8:00pm   Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark
St.)
Iran, Veiled Appearances
Co-Presented by Chicago Media Action

The award-winning Iran, Veiled Appearances (2002, 90 mins., video), by
Thierry Michel, "is a compelling and insightful documentary about
contemporary Iran, 23 years after the Islamic Revolution.  Defying and
clarifying the concept of Iran that is presented by U.S. media and
politicians, filmmaker Thierry Michel gained extraordinary access to
both Iran's paramilitary religious sects, and to the increasingly
modernized youth, who express their desire for a more open society and
challenge the wisdom of their parents who fought for - and continue to
embrace - the ideals of the Islamic Revolution."  Iran, Veiled
Appearances is remarkable in its ability to combine a sympathetic
portrayal of its subjects while maintaining a gently critical eye.
Director Michel's evenhanded approach allows for a fascinating and
complex portrait of a country in transition.

Admission is $7