Protest at showing of war film Black Hawk Down
Media Workers Against The War | 11.02.2002 13:23
Protesters are planning to target a showing of Hollywood war film Black Hawk Down in London's Leicester Square
Media Workers Against The War (MWAW) have called the film 'a grotesque misrepresentation of a grim truth'.
The protest will begin at 7pm on 13 February at the Empire Cinema.
A MWAW spokesperson said: "Thousands of Somalis, two-thirds women and children, lost their lives in the course of US and UN 'humanitarian' incursions into the country.
"Even the most prudent of critics have suggested the film is a racist portrayal and makes for uncomfortable viewing.
"Media Workers Against War invites everyone to join a condemnation of this brutal depiction of fiction as fact. Never again should a world watch silent as millions of dollars are spent to glorify a slaughter of the poor."
More information on MWAW is available on their website.
Story filed: 14:06 Sunday 10th February 2002
The protest will begin at 7pm on 13 February at the Empire Cinema.
A MWAW spokesperson said: "Thousands of Somalis, two-thirds women and children, lost their lives in the course of US and UN 'humanitarian' incursions into the country.
"Even the most prudent of critics have suggested the film is a racist portrayal and makes for uncomfortable viewing.
"Media Workers Against War invites everyone to join a condemnation of this brutal depiction of fiction as fact. Never again should a world watch silent as millions of dollars are spent to glorify a slaughter of the poor."
More information on MWAW is available on their website.
Story filed: 14:06 Sunday 10th February 2002
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