are the makers of this film the same people who turned out the Bin laden videos errrr or was that disney ????
foik dem anyway

it's not at all chest-beating US patriotic stuff as this post implies. but then you would have to go and watch it to say that rather than demonstrate against something you haven't experienced as suggested.
it's also not true to say it has been accused of being racist by "prudent" (?) critics. it got mostly good ratings. Philip French gave it a pretty decent review in the Observer (which is why I went to see it). and he is really good on political films - gave Land and Freedom a massive thumbs up for instance.
perhaps MWAW don't like it because it doesn't imply that all Americans soldiers are evil capitalist bastards, intent only on imperialistic conquest? and rather is suggests that some of them go and serve in places like Somalia because for all the right reasons they believe in the concept of peacekeeping (however misplaced that belief maybe)?
but if it did wouldn't that be crude stereotyping?

I agree with Tom I haven't seen the movie , but I am sure that, post-9-11- it'll be promoting American nazi values. That's no reason for attempting to suppress that message. Media Workers against the War, if this includes media workers who are part of the establishment media, should be working hard to get the true messages into public consciousness. The Hollywood myth-making and propaganda machine will be defeated - not by measly protest but by outing some of the evidence of how the top key players within society are manipulating events

It is the media workers who have misguided ideas, thinking they can change things from "with-in". quit your jobs you wankers! you are no different from the scumbag, bonehead troops portrayed in this excellently shot, albeit slightly over-the-top movie.
And another thing, who said it was "fact" in the first place? not the director, not the producer, probably not even the patriotic, capitalist scum that funded it.
And what of the film"Injustice". Is this not pro-Black, anti-pig propaganda? of course it is, but it's fine cos the "left" agrees with the content, even though some of it is about interpretation and perceptions.
So, media workers, quit yer jobs!

Link to website of Media Workers Against War:

On 17 jan, a small group of activist did an action at the uk premier
of Black Hawk Down.

Here is an excerpt from the leaflet they handed out at that occasion

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In 1993 the so-called "humanitarian intervention" in Somalia resulted in the deaths of 18 US soldiers. However, what this movie won't tell you is
that more than 10,000 Somalis were left dead (CIA estimates, as quoted by John Pilger).

War, military intervention, terrorism. What's the difference? They all depend
on the idea that political change or stability can be achieved
through violence or the threat of violence.

The script of Black Hawk Down - like most US combat movies - was read
and approved by the US Department of Defense. This is a movie that
celebrates militarism.

It was released three months early in Britain as military propaganda to
bolster support for the current US and British military action overseas.

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see  http://www.northwood.cjb.net
(though this site is not very uptodate right now)

Tom: Soldiers do not have 'reasons' to fight or hold 'good intentions'. They aren't there to think, just to fight on the orders of their government. They are fundamentally amoral and, when in action, are often immoral. Somalia is a case where US troops carried out orders to fire on civilians who formed a human chain around the compound of General Aideed. US allies organised rape gangs that attacked women and girls in order to sudue the civilian population. The upshot is a deep and bitter hatred of Americans among Somalia. When Black Hawk Down was shown in Mogadishu, Somalis cheered the downing of US helcopters and the death of American soldiers, but criticised the portrayal of Somalia and Somali culture -  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1777000/1777435.stm

Black Hawk Down has become a propaganda piece for the US military and provides the impetus to further military intervention in Somalia -  http://allafrica.com/stories/200201280830.html Whatever Ridley Scott may have intended is beside the point. The fact is that this film is the beginning of another war against Somalia.

If you oppose a repeat of the atrocities committed by the US in 1993, then you should boycott this film and blockade the cinemas.