"A Letter to the Prime Minister - Jo Wilding's Diary from Iraq"
+ Iraqi eye-witness speaker
7.30pm - Sunday November 6th
East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road & Princes St
Entrance £3/£2
Narrated as a letter to Tony Blair and using original diary extracts, the film follows Jo’s activities in Baghdad before and during the 2003 Invasion, and traces the non-violent resistance to US/UK policy in the region.
Wilding serves as witness to the destruction of the lives of ordinary people during the bombing campaign and their subsequent neglect by Occupation forces and the interim authorities but she also acts, forming the Boomchucka Circus to work with school children and refugees.
In April 2004, that help extended to travelling into Falluja, when even Al Jazeera had pulled out, to stand alongside the civilians trapped and targeted by US forces.
Exclusive footage from the besieged city of Falluja creates a moving picture of the terrible impact UK & US foreign policy has had on ordinary Iraqi people, while the film itself stands as a powerful act of remembrance and questions an unjust and damaging Occupation.
Overall, Jo concludes that Tony Blair and George Bush are war criminals.
Director, Julia Guest. Duration 52 minutes.
“Powerful doc” (Time Out) For more info see:
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At this screening, oxford indymedia is delighted to present in person an Iraqi humanitarian aid worker, who is active in the cities which have suffered onslaught from the occupying forces. She is an eye-witness to the devastating sieges on Falluja, and will be able to report on the latest situation in Iraq.
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Blame Saddam Hussein and the terrorist insurgents!
01.11.2005 09:47
Voice of Reason
did jo wilding go to falujah?
01.11.2005 11:45
Simon
The voice enlightens us again
01.11.2005 22:46
PS
a survey in southern Iraq (supposed coalition support territory) for the ministry of defence showed that 65% of people were in favour of the suicide bombers and their attacks and over 70% were in favour of the insurgency. And this is supposed to be the least hostile region in Iraq. I wonder what they think in the rest of the country.
VICTORY TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE
BRITAIN USA AND CO FUCK OFF
dont follow the light
Got to be worth a watch
01.11.2005 23:32
voice of choice
Iraqi kidknappers
04.11.2005 14:36
As a rule of thumb, it's Americans and 'contractors' who are the most likely to be killed by kidknappers.
Nymph0
Jo was in fallujah!
04.11.2005 14:50
I left Jo behind in Baghdad a week or two before she was kidnapped. She was taken along with 3 others and I can't understand why you would doubt the truth of this. Thankfully Jo and the others didnt suffer the same fate as Margaret Hassan. But they are not the only group of hostages to have been released. Our 2 Italian friends from a NGO based in Baghdad were also taken and held much longer. Fortunately they too were released.
The thing Jo's abductors took into account was the work that she and her travelling companions were engaged in, namely working with kids (with the circus) and travelling into Fallujah to help transport the dead and wounded in ambulances. Footage of some of Jo's work inside Fallujah does exist, so if you really do doubt her word try and catch a screening of the above mentioned documentary and see the truth with your own eyes.
Luckily Jo had a video camera with her when she was taken with footage of our work with the circus, showing the abductors this footage went some way to aiding her release.
fisheye
e-mail:
fisheye@circus2iraq.org
Homepage:
http://www.circus2iraq.org
Silly people.
04.11.2005 14:55
This bit is aimed at the snipy people above:
Personally, I thought that the story needed telling and put my money where my mouth is, along with a few others. But I understand that it's much easier to try to bring other people down than to do something worthwhile yourself.
Scott
Scott
e-mail:
scott@ethosuk.org.uk
re: did jo wilding go to falujah?
04.11.2005 15:12
Jo outside makeshift clinic in Fallujah
I think you should actually view the film before making such crass assumptions. I've included two shots from the footage shot by Julia Guest of Jo in Fallujah itself during the seige.
Copies of the film area available, as well as where you can currently see the film and listen to others who were there are on the website.
When you have journalists like John Pilger and Dahr Jamail backing this film up your claims are shown to be naive and cynical.
-iRoy
iRoy
OK Jo went!
09.11.2005 11:10
Simon