UMaine Peace and Justice Film Series Schedule Announced
Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860
ORONO — The Maine Peace Action Committee at the University of Maine has announced the spring 2007 schedule for its Peace and Justice Film Series.
Films, with discussions to follow, are screened Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Room 140, Little Hall on the Orono campus. Participation is free, and the public is welcome, says Anna Sweeney, MPAC treasurer and one of the coordinators of the film series.
Jan. 25
“Hearts and Minds,” an Academy Award-winning documentary and best film available on Vietnam War and lessons for future, this incredible film is shown every year in the series and is always followed by very emotional and informative discussion;
Feb. 1
“The Torture Question,” a history of how decisions made in Washington in immediate aftermath of Sept. 11 led to a robust interrogation policy that laid groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and Iraq;
Feb. 8
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” a depiction of how, on April 12, 2002, the world awoke to news that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had been removed from office and replaced by a new interim government; documentarians Kim Bartley and Donnacha O’Briain suddenly find themselves in the heart of a coup d’etat, and capture those dramatic moments and days in which a nation’s political future hung in the balance;
Feb. 15
“Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers,” by acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed, Uncovered), who takes you inside lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq; “Iraq for Sale” uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.
Feb. 22
“I Know I’m Not Alone,” by Michael Franti — a multifaceted artist known for fusing diverse sounds — who takes his camera and guitar to the war-torn Middle East in this thought-provoking film that captures costs of global conflict; Franti ventures on his own into chaotic neighborhoods in Iraq, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories;
March 22
“To Disobey,” the story of career soldiers who defy orders to follow their consciences: Israeli Igal Vega refuses to fire upon unarmed Palestinians; Colonel Efrain Ja