Peace & Justice Center Film Series: Spring 2009
Spring 2009 Film Series
All events are 7 p.m. on Sunday evenings at the Center, 170 Park Street, Bangor.
May 17 Noam Chomsky’s “What’s Next”.The Elections, the Economy, and the World
World-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses the meaning of President-elect Barack Obama’s victory and the possibilities ahead for real democratic change at a speech recorded in Boston. It was his first public appearance since the election. Chomsky has been a professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over a half-century and is the author of dozens of influential books. Recorded by Roger Leisner at Radio Free Maine.
For more information call 942-9343
Past films in our Spring 2009 Series:
March 1 “Encounter Point” (on Palestinian-Israeli conflict)
“Encounter Point” is a portrayal of hope and courage in confronting the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The film follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother, who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the conflict. Their journeys lead them to the unlikeliest places to confront hatred within their communities. “Encounter Point” explores what drives them and thousands of other like-minded civilians to overcome anger and grief to work for grass roots solutions.
March 22 “Motherland Afganistan” (also for Women’s History Month)
After nearly thirty years of war and occupation, Afghanistan’s medical system has been devastated and its doctors and other medical personnel are poorly trained. When the U.S. invaded in October of 2001, Afghan hopes were high that democracy would bring progress for Afghan women in the arena of health and education. But as of 2006, one of their most fundamental rights—adequate health care—has not been met. Afghan-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi journeys to the heart of this medical tragedy. Despite highly-publicized claims of improvements in Afghanistan, this film reveals that far more financing and human resources will be needed to significantly improve women’s healthcare in this beleaguered nation.
April 19 Michael Klare’s “Blood and Oil” (also for Earth Week)
This new documentary film based on the critically-acclaimed work of Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare, unearths declassified documents and presidential doctrines to show how concerns about oil have been at the core of American foreign policy for more than 60 years – rendering our contemporary energy and military policies virtually indistinguishable. In the end, “Blood and Oil” calls for a radical re-thinking of US energy policy, warning that unless we change direction, we stand to be drawn into one oil war after another as the global hunt for diminishing world petroleum supplies accelerates.
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