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Free screening of anti war films in Bristol on Weds 4th Dec

i-contact | 28.11.2002 02:44

On Wed 4th December the Easton Community Centre & i-Contact Video Network are showing the films "Not In My Name" and "PROUD ARABS AND TEXAS OILMEN" followed by a debate / plan of action to stop the city on the outbreak of war with Iraq . Kick off is at 7.30pm and its all for free. ( No paper sellers - leave your party politics at home )

"NOT IN MY NAME" A powerful new documentary film has been launched to tell the story of the US attack on Afghanistan.which we DIDN'T see on our television screens. Narrated by Jeremy Hardy, the film presents powerful evidence that the US attack on Afghanistan has not helped defeat terrorism - in fact, the film suggests, the US military actions have resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians and made the world a much more dangerous place. The film explains the background to the war, and the central part the US played in actually creating the power of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. It also shows the strength of the anti-war movement hardly reported in the British media. It explores the way the control of television coverage has become a central issue in the war, with mainstream broadcasters relaying government propaganda and independent TV stations the targets for US bombs. (41 mins)

"PROUD ARABS AND TEXAS OILMEN" First screened in Channel Fours 'Critical Eye' series, PROUD ARABS AND TEXAS OILMEN sets out to answer the question - so what went wrong? Examining the causes and conduct of the Gulf war, it attempts to provide a framework for understanding and interpreting the chaos of subsequent events. Drawing on war footage, some of it never before seen on British television, original material from Iraq and interviews with both supporters and opponents of the war - including Tony Benn, Noam Chomsky, Alan Clark, Michael Ignatieff, Rana Kabbani and Olga Mailtland - Proud Arabs and Texas Oilmen places the Gulf War in its historical context and raises key questions about what really was at stake. (51 mins)

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GNN's " channel surfing the apocalypse " (10mins) & world premiere of short film about Peace activist Jo Wildings Iraqi sanction busting courtcase ...

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