INDYMEDIA CINEMA and FILMMAKERS AGAINST WAR
IMCista | 31.08.2005 14:17 | DSEi 2005 | Anti-militarism | London
UK Indymedia film on the protests against the world’s largest arms fair, showing
the blockade of the Thames - by an armada of inflatable toy dragons! Along
with documentation of the protests the film includes experts commenting on the
arms industry's devastating impact on global conflicts. Including a former UN
High Commissioner for Human Rights, members from Amnesty International, and
Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman.
’A Letter To The Prime Minster: Jo Wilding's Diary from Iraq’
Jo Wilding's remarkable journey from forming a children's circus in Iraq to
travelling into Falluja when even Al Jazeera had left, to stand alongside
civilians trapped and targeted by US Forces.
’Refusing to Kill’
recounts the experiences of conscientious objectors around the world. It includes veterans’ accounts of how their lives have been destroyed by war - including Gulf War Syndrome. It also highlights the abuse that conscientious objectors have received from fellow soldiers.
‘Stop Killing My Kids’
Brian Haw has lived for more than 3 years in Parliament Square in London,
protesting against the treatment of children in Afghanistan and Iraq by
the use of depleted uranium and cluster bombs.
FOLLOWED BY more short films on the theme of anti-militarism and anti-war.
THURSDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER from 7PM
INN ON THE GREEN, 3 THORPE CLOSE, LONDON W10 (Portobello Green nr the flyover)
entrance: free/donation
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