HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN
A film by Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller, with music by Billy Bragg, Woody Guthrie and Eddie Vedder. 2004, 78 min. Official site: http://www.frif.com/new2004/you.html
This documentary explores the life and times of historian and activist Howard Zinn, featuring rare archival materials and interviews with Noam Chomsky, Marian Wright Edelman, Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden, Alice Walker, and of course Zinn himself.
Special sneak preview, with FREE ADMISSION. Arrive early to get a seat.
290 Harvard Street, Brookline. For more information: www.coolidge.org, 617-734-2500
A film by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman, 2004, 62 min. Official site: http://www.thirstthemovie.org/
Is water a human right or a commodity to be bought and sold in the global marketplace? THIRST tells the stories of communities in Bolivia, India and the USA that are asking this fundamental question, as water becomes a catalyst for massive community resistance to globalization. A piercing look at the conflict between public stewardship and private profit.
Admission: FREE
465 Huntington Ave., Boston. For more information: www.mfa.org, 617-369-3306
A film by Laurel Greenberg, 2004, 73 min. Official site: http://www.troubleinparadise.org/
From 2000 to 2002 five Floridians get drawn into political events following Election 2000. They run for office, sue the state, and revisit the disturbing facts and unanswered questions of the election that changed their lives.
Preceded by TODAY I VOTE FOR MY JOEY.
TODAY I VOTE FOR MY JOEY
A film by Aviva Kempner, 2003, 20 min. Official site: http://www.votejoeyfilm.org/
This tragic comedy tells the story of a group of older, feisty Jews and a Haitian nurse who are horrified to discover that their votes for the first Jewish vice presidential candidate have mistakenly gone to Pat Buchanan.
Admission:$9 general admission, $8 MFA members, students & seniors.
465 Huntington Ave., Boston. For more information: www.mfa.org, 617-369-3306
A film by Michael Moore, 2004, 110 min. Official site: http://www.fahrenheit911.com/
Winner of the 2004 Palm D'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival
In his groundbreaking new film, Michael Moore turns his camera on the Bush regime, from the Florida elections to the Bush family's connections with Saudi Arabia, to the war against Iraq.
**Discussion to follow with discussant TBA**
Admission: $9.00
290 Harvard Street, Brookline. For more information: www.coolidge.org, 617-734-2500
A film by Aaron Matthews, 2004, 71 min. Official site: http://www.apantherinafrica.com/
On October 30, 1969, Pete O'Neal, a young leader of the Black Panther party in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested for transporting a gun across state lines. O'Neal fled the country and for over thirty years has lived in Tanzania, one of the last American exiles from an era when activists
considered themselves at war with the U.S. government. Today this community organizer confronts very different challenges and finds himself living between two worlds - America and Africa, his radical past and his uncertain future.
Admission: $5.00
403-405 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain. For more info: www.milkywayjp.com, www.pbs.org/pov/, 617-524-3740
A film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan, 2003, 165 min. Official site: http://www.thecorporation.tv/
This complex and highly entertaining documentary examines the far-reaching repercussions of increasing corporate dominance. Based on Bakan's book "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power," the film is a timely, critical inquiry that invites CEOs, whistle-blowers, brokers, gurus, spies, players, pawns and pundits on a graphic and engaging quest to reveal the corporation's inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures. Special sneak preview. **Discussion with economist Ellen Frank to follow.**
Admission: $9.00
290 Harvard Street, Brookline. For more information: www.coolidge.org, 617-734-2500
A Big Noise Productions film by Jill Fredberg and Rick Rowley, 2003, 78 min. Official site: http://www.bignoisefilms.com/4ww/
The product of over two years of filming on the inside of movements on five continents, "The Fourth World War" is a film that would have been unimaginable at any other moment in history. From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, 'the North'
from Seattle to Genoa, and the 'War on Terror' in New York, Afghanistan, and Iraq, it is a story of a war without end and of those who resist. Directed by the makers of "This Is What Democracy Looks Like" and "Zapatista."
Admission: $5
38 Cameron Ave., Suite 100, Cambridge. For more information: www.38cameron.com, 617-492-4091
A film by Bathsheba Ratzkoff & Sut Jhally, 2004, 80 min. Official site: http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaRaceAndRepresentation/PeacePropaganda
This pivotal video exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--working in combination with Israeli public relations strategies--exercise a powerful influence over news reporting about the Middle East conflict. Combining American and British TV news clips with
observations of analysts, journalists, and political activists, the film provides an historical overview, a striking media comparison, and an examination of factors that have distorted U.S. media coverage and, in turn, American public opinion.
**Discussion with filmmaker Bathsheba Ratzkoff to follow.**
$9 general admission, $7.50 students & seniors.
40 Brattle Street, Cambridge. For more information: www.brattlefilm.org, 617-876-6838
Co-sponsored by the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, Mass., United for Justice with Peace, and the Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights.
A film by Majid Majidi, Iran, 2003, 65 min. Official site: http://www.yazda11.com/majidi/herat/
By the award-winning Iranian director of "Children of Heaven," "Color of Paradise," and "Baran," an emotional close-up of the hidden side of the Afghan war. Majidi interviews peasants, soldiers, children, women, and elders and gives special attention to the children's extraordinary resilience as they are confronted with the emotional and physical turmoil of war. "Barefoot to Herat" is a cry for help and an ode to life.
$9 general admission, $7.50 students & seniors.
40 Brattle Street, Cambridge. For more information: www.brattlefilm.org, 617-876-6838
Directed by Dan Olman, Sarah Price, and Chris Smith, 2004, 80 min. Official site: http://www.theyesmen.org/
The Yes Men follows a small group of prankster-activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization on TV and at business conferences around the world. Delighted to speak as the organization they oppose, Andy and Mike don thrift-store suits and set out to shock unwitting audiences with darkly comic satires featuring the worst aspects of global free trade.
$9 general admission, $7.50 students & seniors.
40 Brattle Street, Cambridge. For more information: www.brattlefilm.org, 617-876-6838
The Boston Social Forum Present: AN EVENING WITH JOHN SAYLES !
Discussion with John Sayles featuring clips from his new film Silver City, (2004) also featuring Actor Chris Cooper and producer Maggie Renzi. Official site: http://www.dickiepilager2004.com/ , http://www.johnsayles.com/
From the maker of Matewan, Passion Fish, and Lone Star, Silver City follows grammatically-challenged, "user-friendly" candidate Dicky Pilager during his gubernatorial campaign. When Pilager finds that he's reeled in a corpse during the taping of an environmental political ad, his ferocious campaign manager, Chuck Raven, hires former idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O'Brien to investigate potential links between the corpse and the Pilager family's enemies.
With pitch-perfect dialogue, unerring sense-of-place, and a slashing satiric strain, Silver City offers John Sayles's timely and toxic look at the state of the union on the eve of the 2004 Presidential election.
Advanced Tickets available for $15 through Brattle Theater website www.brattlefilm.org, Tickets available night of the show for $18
40 Brattle Street, Cambridge. For more information: www.brattlefilm.org, 617-876-6838 or bostonsocialforum.org
Friday, July 23-Sunday, July 25, THE BOSTON SOCIAL FORUM, where we will show Part 2 of the film series.
To register or for more information go to www.bostonsocialforum.org..
Boston Social Forum
33 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA | ph: 617-338-9966
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This documentary explores the life and times of historian and activist Howard Zinn, featuring rare archival materials and interviews with Noam Chomsky, Marian Wright Edelman, Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden, Alice Walker, and of course Zinn himself.
Is water a human right or a commodity to be bought and sold in the global marketplace? THIRST tells the stories of communities in Bolivia, India and the USA that are asking this fundamental question, as water becomes a catalyst for massive community resistance to globalization. A piercing look at the conflict between public stewardship and private profit.
From 2000 to 2002 five Floridians get drawn into political events following Election 2000. They run for office, sue the state, and revisit the disturbing facts and unanswered questions of the election that changed their lives.
Preceded by TODAY I VOTE FOR MY JOEY.
This tragic comedy tells the story of a group of older, feisty Jews and a Haitian nurse who are horrified to discover that their votes for the first Jewish vice presidential candidate have mistakenly gone to Pat Buchanan.
Winner of the 2004 Palm D'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival
In his groundbreaking new film, Michael Moore turns his camera on the Bush regime, from the Florida elections to the Bush family's connections with Saudi Arabia, to the war against Iraq.
On October 30, 1969, Pete O'Neal, a young leader of the Black Panther party in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested for transporting a gun across state lines. O'Neal fled the country and for over thirty years has lived in Tanzania, one of the last American exiles from an era when activists
considered themselves at war with the U.S. government. Today this community organizer confronts very different challenges and finds himself living between two worlds - America and Africa, his radical past and his uncertain future.
This complex and highly entertaining documentary examines the far-reaching repercussions of increasing corporate dominance. Based on Bakan's book "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power," the film is a timely, critical inquiry that invites CEOs, whistle-blowers, brokers, gurus, spies, players, pawns and pundits on a graphic and engaging quest to reveal the corporation's inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures.
The product of over two years of filming on the inside of movements on five continents, "The Fourth World War" is a film that would have been unimaginable at any other moment in history. From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, 'the North'
from Seattle to Genoa, and the 'War on Terror' in New York, Afghanistan, and Iraq, it is a story of a war without end and of those who resist. Directed by the makers of "This Is What Democracy Looks Like" and "Zapatista."
This pivotal video exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--working in combination with Israeli public relations strategies--exercise a powerful influence over news reporting about the Middle East conflict. Combining American and British TV news clips with
observations of analysts, journalists, and political activists, the film provides an historical overview, a striking media comparison, and an examination of factors that have distorted U.S. media coverage and, in turn, American public opinion.
By the award-winning Iranian director of "Children of Heaven," "Color of Paradise," and "Baran," an emotional close-up of the hidden side of the Afghan war. Majidi interviews peasants, soldiers, children, women, and elders and gives special attention to the children's extraordinary resilience as they are confronted with the emotional and physical turmoil of war. "Barefoot to Herat" is a cry for help and an ode to life.
The Yes Men follows a small group of prankster-activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization on TV and at business conferences around the world. Delighted to speak as the organization they oppose, Andy and Mike don thrift-store suits and set out to shock unwitting audiences with darkly comic satires featuring the worst aspects of global free trade.
