Leeds PSC: Film Night 7pm 2nd August

Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign Presents:

Film Nights at the Common Place Cinema

Join us for a fortnightly film and discussion night
At the Common Place, Wharf Street (off Kirkgate) Leeds City Centre

Wednesday 2nd August 7 pm:
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

A striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others--work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the region is reported.

Interviewees include Seth Ackerman, IDF Major Stav Adivi, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Hanan Ashrawi, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk…