Welcome to the Winter 2008 Peace & Justice Film Series!
We will be showing documentary and historical films most Thursdays from January 31st, through May 1st, 2008. The films examine many important questions of our time from a variety of perspectives.
Admission: By Donation. No one is turned away.
There will be a lively and respectful discussion after each screening of every film. All of these movies are thought provoking, so please stay afterwards and share your thoughts with other members of the community. We encourage participants with all points of view to attend: diversity of opinion leads to richer discussions and deeper understanding.
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| The Wobblies Thursday May 1, 2008 7:30pm Only |
(USA: 1979, 89 mins.) |
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| Directed by Stewart Bird and Deborah Shaffer |
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"Solidarity! All for One and One for All!" With that slogan, the Industrial Workers of the World, aka the Wobblies, took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changing the course of history. Special Guests: Please join us for a discussion after the film with members of the local IWW branch. Please Note: There will only be a 7:30 showing this evening. |
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon
(USA: 2006, 99 mins.)
Thursday January 31, 2008, 5:30pm and
7:30pm
Music by John Lenon and The Beatles
In the late 60’s Lennon became involved in the peace movement in New York. Because he was a Beatle, he had vast influence both musically and politically, and was quickly singled out for FBI surveillance. The film shows Richard Nixon’s personal involved in Lennon’s harassment, as well as the evolution of Lennon into an activist for world peace.
Artist. Humanitarian. National Threat.
Inside Burma
Land of Fear
(1996, 51 mins.)
Thursday October 4, 2007, 5:30pm &
7:30pm
Written by John Pilger
Isolated for the past 40 years by a brutal military dictatorship, this rich country has been relegated to one of the world's poorest, the assault on its people all but forgotten by the rest of the world. Award-winning filmmakers John Pilger and David Munro go undercover to expose how the former British colony is ruled by a harsh, bloody and uncompromising military regime.
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
February 14 - 20, 2008
We'll take a break this week because there are
too many other great films being shown around Missoula!
Why We Fight
(USA: 2005, 98 mins.)
Thursday February 21, 2008, 5:30pm & 7:30pm
Written & Directed by Eugene Jarecki
Beginning with Eisenhower’s 1961 warning about the "military industrial complex," Why We Fight moves to the deeper questions of why America is always at war. What are the forces – political, economic, and ideological – that benefit from these continual conflicts? Just why does America fight? Unforgettable, powerful and disturbing.
Special Guest: Josh Slotnick of Director of Garden City Harvest will answer questions about the agriculture in Missoula.
The Take
(Canada: 2005, 87 mins.)
Thursday February 28 2008, 5:30pm & 7:30pm
Written by Naomi Klein
Directed by Avi Lewis
In suburban Buenos Aires, 30 unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory and refuse to leave. This simple act turns the globalization debate on its head. Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in shop-floor democracy, the workers face off against an entire system. What shines through in this film is the simple drama of workers' lives and their struggle for dignity.
Special Guest: Jay Bostrom of the Industrial Workers of the World (The IWW or Wobblies) will speak after each screening.
The Future of Food
(USA: 2004, 88 mins.)
Thursday March 6, 2008, 5:30pm & 7:30pm
Written & Directed by Deborah Koons Garcia
This well-researched documentary by Deborah Koons Garcia, widow of Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia, takes an in-depth look at the disturbing forces behind the unlabeled, patented, GMO foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decades. This film documents the revolution in the fields and on the tables of America that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat.
Special Guest: Josh Slotnick of Garden City Harvest will speak after each screening.
Co-sponsors: the Environmental Studies Department at the University of Montana and Dr. Vicki Watson’s Watershed Clinic
Homeland:
Four Portraits of Native Action
(USA: 2000, 58 mins.)
Thursday March 13, 2008, 5:30pm & 7:30pm
Directed by Hank Rogerson & Jilann Spitzmiller
Nearly all indigenous nations sit on land threatened by environmental hazards and bleak realities. This documentary chronicles the efforts of five remarkable Native American activists who are leading the charge against multi-national corporations and unresponsive governments in these new Indian Wars.
A Force More Powerful
(USA: 2000, 174 mins.)
Thursday March 20, 2008, 5:30pm and 7:30pm
Narrated by Ben Kingsley. 2000 Emmy Award Nominee.
A Force More Powerful explores one of the 20th century's most important but least-understood stories - how nonviolent power has overcome oppression and authoritarian rule all over the world. Narrated by Ben Kingsley, and nominated for an Emmy, it premiered on PBS in September 2000.
Guest Speakers: Representatives from the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center will lead a discussion on non-violence after each screening.
Using Nonviolent Conflict to Achieve Democracy and Human Rights
Spring Break!
Thursday March 27, 2008
No Film This Week.
Coverup
Behind the Iran-Contra Affair
(USA: 1988, 72 mins.)
Thursday April 3, 2008, 5:30pm & 7:30pm
Directed by Barbara Trent
Narrated by Elizabeth Montgomery
Coverup documents the Congressional investigation of the Iran-Contra Affair, looking at evidence that was ignored or suppressed, including hostage crisis delays, CIA connections with international drug dealing, arms profiteering, and circumvention of the US Constitution. This film documents questionable activities in a political climate that had become desensitized to scandal, suggesting parallels with contemporary times.
Guest Speaker: Solmaz Mohadjer, Iran native and graduate student in geophysics at the University of Montana, will lead a discussion after each screening.
Thursday April 10, 2008
No film this week.
Loose Change:
Final Cut
(USA: 2007, 80 mins.)
Thursday April 17, 2008, 5:30pm & 7:30pm
Written & Directed by Dylan Avery
In May 2002 one of the directors began writing Loose Change, a fictional story about how he and his friends discovered that 9/11 was an inside job. In researching the movie, it became apparent to him that the subject matter may not have been entirely fiction. Over the years, the movie evolved into a documentary, of which this is the final version.
The Times of Harvey Milk
(USA: 1984, 90 mins.)
Thursday April 24, 2008, 5:30pm & 7:30pm
Directed by Rob Epstein
A devastatingly skillful and emotionally compelling documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk charts the political rise and brutal slaying of the first openly gay city official in the US, Harvey Milk. With care and conviction, this film captures not only Milk himself, but also the political and social landscape in which these events took place. Come find out what the real “Twinkie Defense” is. Though tragic, Harvey Milk is truly inspiring.
This event is co-sponsored by the UM Lambda Alliance.
May Day:
The Workers' Holiday
(USA: 2003, 80 mins.)
Events To Be Announced
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