Montana Peace & Justice Film Series, Winter-Spring 2009

<BODY BACKGROUND="images/autumn_background.jpg"> <P>Note: This web site is designed to be viewed by a web browser that supports "Frames." If you see this message it means that your browser does not. Soon, this site will be updated so that those with older browsers that don't support frames may use it too. Until then, here is a simple listing of the films to be displayed in Peace & Justice Film Series:</P> <h1 align="center"> <strong></strong><strong><br> Welcome to the Peace & Justice Film Series!</strong></h1> <p align="left" class="list-description"> <strong></strong></p> <p align="center" class="list-description"><strong><br> Welcome to the Fall 2007 Peace & Justice Film Series!</strong></p> <p align="left" class="list-description">We will be showing documentary and historical films most Thursdays from September 13th, through December 6th, 2007. The films examine many important questions of our time from a variety of perspectives.</p> <p align="left" class="list-description"><strong>Admission:</strong> By Donation. No one is turned away. </p> <p align="left" class="list-description"><strong>There will be a lively and respectful discussion after each screening of every film.</strong> 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.</p> <p class="list-description"><strong>Dedication:</strong> The Spring 2009 Peace & Justice Film Series is dedicated to the memory of <a href="dedication.html" target="Main_Frame">Molly Ivins</a>.</p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><a href="war_made_easy.html" target="Main_Frame">War Made Easy<br> <span class="list-subtitle">How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death</span><br> </a></span><span class="list-year">(USA: 2007, 72 mins.)<br> </span><span class="list-date-time">Thursday September 13, 2007, 5:30pm and</span><span class="list-date-time"> 7:30pm</span><br> <span class="list-credits"> Based on the book by Norman Solomon </span></p> <p class="list-description">A look at the 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another. The film presents disturbing examples of propaganda and media complicity from the present alongside rare footage of political leaders and leading journalists from the past.</p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-date-time">Thursday September 20 & September 27, 2007</span></p> <p align="center" class="list-description">No films these weeks. </p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><a href="biomimicry.html" target="Main_Frame">Biomimicry:<br> </a></span><span class="list-subtitle"><a href="biomimicry.html" target="Main_Frame">Learning from Nature</a></span> <br> <span class="list-year">(USA: 2003, 89 mins.)</span><span class="list-date-time"><span class="list-year"><br> </span>Thursday October 4, 2007, 5:30pm & 7:30pm</span><br> <span class="list-credits">Based on the book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine Benyus </span></p> <p class="list-description">Based on the acclaimed book, “Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature”, by Janine Benyus. Biomimicry (from ‘bios’ meaning life, and ‘mimesis’ meaning to imitate) is a new science that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems. Biomimics are learning from our fellow earthlings — the ecological survivors who have prospered for millions of years.</p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-subtitle"><span class="style2">Double Feature! </span><br> <span class="list-description"> (Note Each Film Will Be Screened Only Once)</span></span><br> <span class="list-title"><a href="stonewall.html" target="Main_Frame">Before Stonewall<br> </a></span><span class="list-year">(USA: 1999, 87 mins.)</span><br> <span class="list-date-time">Thursday October 11, 2007, 5:30pm</span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><a href="stonewall.html" target="Main_Frame">After Stonewall </a><br> </span><span class="list-year">(USA: 1999, 88 mins.)</span><br> <span class="list-date-time">Thursday October 11, 2007, 7:30pm</span><br> <span class="list-credits">Directed by John Scagliotti and Greta Schiller</span></p> <p class="list-description">In 1969 the patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village, decided to fight back, transforming a routine police raid into three nights of rioting, which marked the beginning of the Gay Liberation movement. <em>Before Stonewall</em> examines the historical background to this sudden burst of political energy. <em>After Stonewall</em> continues the story, chronicling the gay rights movement through the later part of the 20th century.</p> <p><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><a href="go_forward.html" target="Main_Frame">Go Forward Iraqi Freedom Congress! </a></span><br> <span class="list-date-time">October 18, 2007, 5:30pm and 7:30pm </span><br> <span class="list-year">(Japan: 2006, English, 61 mins.)</span></p> <p class="list-description">The Iraqi Freedom Congress (IFC) is a civil society group in Iraq working For a Democratic, Secular and Progressive Alternative to both the US Occupation and Political Islam. <em>Go Forward Iraqi Freedom Congress!</em> is an English language documentary from Japan. Little-known in the United States, the IFC has attracted the attention of peace movements in much of the rest of the world.</p> <p align="left" class="list-description"><strong>Special Guest:</strong> Bill Weinberg, award-winning journalist, author and editor of the <a href="http://www.ww4report.com/" target="_blank"><em>World War 4 Report</em></a>, recently returned from a peace conference in Japan focused on international support for the Iraq Freedom Congress.</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><a href="berkeley.html" target="Main_Frame">Berkeley in the Sixties </a><a href="sugihara.html" target="Main_Frame"> <br> </a></span><span class="list-year">(USA: 1990, 117 mins.)<br> </span><span class="list-date-time">Thursday October 25, 2007, 5:30pm & 7:30pm</span><span class="list-credits"><br> 1990 Academy Award Nominee, Best Documentary Feature</span></p> <p class="list-description">This film provides a fascinating portrait of a nation in the 1960’s that can be in some ways compared to the America we inhabit today. The House Un-American Activities Committee protests, the birth of hippies, the Vietnam War Marches, the rise of the Black Panther Party, the start of the women’s movement, and the battles over “People’s Park.” The revolutionary movements on Berkley’s campus provided a microcosm of the turbulent times that we as Americans faced together during the 1960’s. </p> <p class="list-description"><strong>Special Short Feature:</strong> Who Invented The Phrase “Never Trust Anyone Under 30?"</p> <p class="list-description"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><a href="abu_ghraib.html" target="Main_Frame">Ghosts of Abu Ghraib </a></span><span class="list-title"><a href="sugihara.html" target="Main_Frame"> <br> </a></span><span class="list-year">(Canada: 2006, 78 mins.)<br> </span><span class="list-date-time">Thursday November 1, 2007, 5:30pm & </span><span class="list-date-time"> 7:30pm</span><br> <span class="list-credits">Directed by Rory Kennedy</span></p> <p class="list-description">A look beyond the headlines to investigate the psychological and political context in which torture occurred at Abu Ghraib. This film features both the voices of Iraqi victims and guards directly involved in torture at the prison. Ultimately, the film raises serious questions about what happened, why it happened and whether it was an isolated incident, as the government continues to maintain. <strong></strong></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-date-time">Thursday November 8, 2007</span></p> <p align="center" class="list-description">No film this week. </p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><a href="moment.html" target="Main_Frame">One Bright Shining Moment </a><a href="sugihara.html" target="Main_Frame"> <br> </a></span><span class="list-subtitle"><a href="sugihara.html" target="Main_Frame">The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern</a></span><span class="list-title"><a href="sugihara.html" target="Main_Frame"><br> </a></span><span class="list-year">(USA: 2005, 125 mins.)<br> </span><span class="list-date-time">Thursday November 15, 2007, 5:30pm & 7:30pm</span><br> <span class="list-credits">Narrated by Amy Goodman</span></p> <p class="list-description">When presidential candidate George McGovern took on incumbent Richard Nixon in 1972, no one really expected him to win – and he didn’t. But in his bold, grassroots, seat-of-the-pants campaign, he energized young and progressive Americans to a degree never before seen. In that campaign, we find some of the roots of today’s sophisticated progressive movement. </p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-subtitle">Thanksgiving Break!</span><br> <span class="list-description"><span class="list-date-time">Thursday November 22, 2007</span><br> No Film This Week.</span></p> <p class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><a href="five_planets.html" target="Main_Frame">Five Planets:<br> </a></span><span class="list-subtitle"><a href="five_planets.html" target="Main_Frame">Montanans at the Crossroads of Global Warming</a></span> <br> <span class="list-year">(USA: 2007, 80 mins.)<br> </span><span class="list-date-time">Thursday November 29, 2007, 5:30pm and </span><span class="list-date-time"> 7:30pm</span><br> <span class="list-credits">Produced by <span class="description">Holly Schroeder, Jane West & Robbie Liben</span></span></p> <p class="list-description">What are the effects of global warming on Montana’s climate? What is the science behind climate change? What will the future bring to our state? Is the forecast gloom and doom, or are there bright spots on the horizon? And what can Montanans do? <em>Five Planets: Montanans at the Crossroads of Global Warming,</em> entirely locally produced, explores the answers to these important questions.</p> <p class="list-description"><strong>Special Guests</strong>: <em>Five Planets</em> producers Holly Schroeder, Jane West & Robbie Liben. </p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><a href="yes_men.html" target="Main_Frame">The Yes Men </a></span><span class="list-title"><a href="sugihara.html" target="Main_Frame"> <br> </a></span><span class="list-year">(USA: 2003, 80 mins.)<br> </span><span class="list-date-time">Thursday December 6, 2007, 5:30pm & </span><span class="list-date-time"> 7:30pm</span><br> <span class="list-credits">by Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno </p> <p class="list-description"><em>The Yes Men </em>follows a couple of anti-corporate activist-pranksters as they impersonate World Trade Organization spokesmen on TV and at business conferences around the world. The story follows Andy and Mike as they parody of the WTO’s website. Some visitors don’t notice the site is a fake, and send speaking invitations meant for the real WTO officials. Mike and Andy play along with wit and incisive satire.</p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p><strong>Contact Us! We Want to Know What You Want to See</strong></p> <p>To be on our mailing list, please send your e-mail address:  <a href="mailto:Info@PeaceAndJusticeFilms.org">Info@PeaceAndJusticeFilms.org</a></p> <p>To send requests for next season's films, please mail us at  <a href="mailto:Info@PeaceAndJusticeFilms.org">Info@PeaceAndJusticeFilms.org</a></p> <p></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><span class="list-title"><img src="images/orangebar.gif" alt="Orange Bar" width="445" height="8"></span></p> <p><strong>Contact Us! 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