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

[Ian Bicking]

On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 01:38 PM, Elizabeth Fraser wrote:
> Thoughts about adding these to the Events panel?  They would just need
> to be up through Saturday.--Eliz

Seems fine to me.  They need to have this info online somewhere first, 
though.  I'll ask them to post it to the newswire.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: programming [mailto:programming at chicagofilmmakers.org]
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:18 PM
> To: General List; Political_action
> Subject: Two documentary programs this weekend - Chicago Filmmakers
>
> [sorry for the delay in getting this information out - internet access
> was down]
> ****[ please forward!!! ]****
>
>
> 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(
>
> ************************
>
>
> 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
>
>
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