An Iranian Young woman needs your help to Study at Yale University
My name is Nina Pedrad and I am a student at University High School in
Irvine, California. I have recently been selected to attend the Yale Summer
School for students who are interested in leadership and politics. I am
currently doing fundraising and am in desperate need of sponsors and donors,
for tuition is well over $4,000 and that is more than my family can afford.
That is why I am asking you for assistence. A donation of any amount from
you would be much appreciated. The donations are tax deductible as long as
a note is attached with the check stating that the money is towards NINA
PEDRAD'S TUITION TO YALE SUMMER SCHOOL. Please make checks payable to: THE
JUNIOR STATESMEN FOUNDATION. Please send checks to:
Nina Pedrad
42 Cedar Tree
Irvine, CA 92612
Even if you cannot donate money, it would be very helpful if you contacted
companies or other organizations that can and relay that information back to
me. If you have any questions or would like to contact me, please feel free
to call me: (949) 654-4321~ I am available after 3:00 on weekdays.
Thank You for Your Time,
Nina Pedrad
admin replied:
Waiting for visa
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admin replied:
Asking for Help
BA ARZ SALAM
MAN TINA AHAVAN HASTAM AZ BULGARIA BARAY SHOMA MAIL MIFERESTAM VA
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posted by admin on:
05/24/02
Governments
admin replied:
World History 101 - Mid-term exam
This test consists of one (1) multiple-choice question (so you better
get it right!) Here's a list of the countries that the U.S. has bombed
since the end of World War II, compiled by historian William Blum:
China 1945-46
Korea 1950-53
China 1950-53
Guatemala 1954
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-60
Guatemala 1960
Congo 1964
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Guatemala 1967-69
Grenada 1983
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1980s
Nicaragua 1980s
Panama 1989
Iraq 1991-99
Sudan 1998
Afghanistan 1998
Yugoslavia 1999
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In how many of these instances did a democratic government,
respectful of human rights, occur as a direct result? Choose one of the
following:
(a) 0
(b) zero
(c) none
(d) not a one
(e) a whole number between -1 and +1
admin replied:
How to drag people to a war
"Of course the people don't want war... That is understood. But... it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
- Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg trials, 1946
from "Nuremberg Diary," by G. M. Gilbert.
admin replied:
Take the War on Iraq IQ Test
Do you know enough to justify going to war with Iraq?
1. Q: What percentage of the world's population does the U.S. have?
A: 6%
2. Q: What percentage of the world's wealth does the U.S. have?
A: 50%
3. Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves?
A: Saudi Arabia
4. Q: Which country has the second largest oil reserves?
A:: Iraq
5. Q: How much is spent on military budgets a year worldwide?
A: $900+ billion
6. Q: How much of this is spent by the U.S.?
A: 50%
7. Q: What percent of US military spending would ensure the essentials of life to everyone in the world, according the UN?
A: 10% (that's about$40 billion, the amount of funding initially requested to fund our retaliatory attack on Afghanistan).
8. Q: How many people have died in wars since World War II?
A: 86 million
9. Q: How long has Iraq had chemical and biological weapons?
A: Since the early 1980's.
10. Q: Did Iraq develop these chemical & biological weapons on their own?
A: No, the materials and technology were supplied by the US government, along with Britain and private corporations.
11. Q: Did the US government condemn the Iraqi use of gas warfare against Iran?
A: No
12. Q: How many people did Saddam Hussein kill using gas in the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988?
A: 5,000
13. Q: How many western countries condemned this action at the time? A:0
14. Q: How many gallons of agent Orange did America use in Vietnam?
A: 17million.
15. Q: Are there any proven links between Iraq and September 11th terrorist attack?
A: No
16. Q: What is the estimated number of civilian casualties in the Gulf War?
A: 35,000
17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the western forces during the Gulf War ?
A: 0
18. Q: How many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by U.S. tanks with ploughs mounted on the front?
A: 6,000
19. Q: How many tons of depleted uranium were left in Iraq and Kuwait after the Gulf War?
A: 40 tons
20. Q: What according to the UN was the increase in cancer rates in Iraq between 1991 and 1994?
A: 700%
21. Q: How much of Iraq's military capacity did America claim it had destroyed in 1991?
A: 80%
22. Q: Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its weapons for anything other than deterrence and self defense?
A: No
23. Q: Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace now than 10 years ago?
A: No
24. Q: How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted in the event of an attack on Iraq in 2002/3?
A: 10,000
25. Q: What percentage of these will be children?
A:Over 50%
26. Q: How many years has the U.S. engaged in air strikes on Iraq?
A: 11 years
27. Q: Was the U.S and the UK at war with Iraq between December 1998 and September 1999?
A: No
28. Q: How many pounds of explosives were dropped on Iraq between December 1998 and September 1999?
A: 20 million
29. Q: How many years ago was UN Resolution 661 introduced, imposing strict sanctions on Iraq's imports and exports?
A: 12 years
30. Q: What was the child death rate in Iraq in 1989 (per 1,000 births)?
A: 38
31. Q: What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in 1999 (per 1,000 births)?
A: 131 (that's an increase of345%)
32. Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by October 1999 as a result of UN sanctions?
A: 1.5 million
33. Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to sanctions since1997?
A: 750,000
34. Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq?
A:No
35. Q: How many inspections were there in November and December 1998? A:300
36. Q: How many of these inspections had problems?
A:5
37. Q: Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the Ba'ath Party HQ?
A: Yes
38. Q: Who said that by December 1998, "Iraq had in fact, been disarmed to a level unprecedented in modern history."
A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief.
39. Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim to have discovered and dismantled?
A: 90%
40. Q: Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors back in ? A:Yes
41. Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992?
A: Over 65
42. Q: How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto between 1972 and 1990?
A: 30+
44. Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons?
A: 8
45. Q: How many nuclear warheads has Iraq got?
A: 0
46. Q: How many nuclear warheads has US got?
A: over 10,000
47. Q: Which is the only country to use nuclear weapons?
A: the US
48. Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have?
A: Over 400
50. Q: Who said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"?
A: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
admin replied:
William Shakespeare and Axis of Evil
Selected by: Shahri Estakhry
The real Axis of Evil are: Ignorance, Prejudice and Greed. Sh.
I am sure that you will enjoy reading these very meaningful lines, by
William Shakespeare, which are amazingly relevant in the world we live in
at the moment...!
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war
in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervour,
for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword.
It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind...
And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and
the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed,
the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry.
Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded with patriotism, will
offer up all of their rights unto the leader, and gladly so.
How do I know?
For this is what I have done.
And I am Caesar."
William Shakespeare
admin replied:
Governments
Posted by : Maryam A
Try to imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:
*29 have been accused of spousal abuse
*7 have been arrested for fraud
*19 have been accused of writing bad checks
*117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
*3 have done time for assault
*71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
*14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
*8 have been arrested for shoplifting
*21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
*84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year.
Can you guess which organization this is?
Give up yet?
It's the 535 members of the United States Congress -the same group that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.
posted by admin on:
05/15/02
Computer Virus
admin replied:
Computer e-card Virus
Do not open mail with Subject: Send you an e-card or the link htp://ww.friendgreatings.com/pickup.astx?code=Distict&id=2611023.
Its a virus... and sends it self to all contacts in your address book.
admin replied:
Computer Virus
Shahri worte:
Caution please always check for your own safety....better safe than sorry!
A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive ever! This virus was discovered by McAfee and no vaccine has yet been developed. This virus
simply destroys Sector Zero from the hard disk, where vital information for its functioning are stored. This virus acts in the following manner: It sends itself automatically to all contacts on your list with the title "A Card for You".
As soon as the supposed virtual card is opened, the computer freezes so that the user has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+del keys or the reset button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying the hard disk. So don't open any mails with subject: "A Virtual Card for You."
As soon as you get the mail, delete it!! Even if you know the sender!!!
Also: Intel announced that a new and very destructive virus was discovered recently. If you receive an email called "An Internet Flower For You",
Do not open it!! Delete it right away! This virus removes all dynamic ink libraries (.DLL files) from your computer. Your computer will not be able
to boot up!!
admin replied:
Computer Virus
Please be alert.
jdbgmgr.exe is an important file for windows. Recently, people have received emails often from friends warning them of a dangerous virus and asking them to delete jdbgmgr.exe file.
This file is part of windows and should not be deleted.
posted by admin on:
05/13/02
Afghan Women
admin replied:
Afghan Women
Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kabul several years before the Afghan conflict.
She noted that women customarily walked about 10 feet behind their husbands.
She returned to Kabul recently and observed that men now walked several yards behind their wives.
Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and said, "This is marvelous. Can you tell the free world just what enabled women to achieve this
reversal of roles?"
"Land mines," said the woman.
posted by admin on:
05/09/02
Film Club
admin replied:
Watch Persian movies
Here is a very simple way to watch Persian movies. To make it full screen, just dbl click on the pix. language is Persian w/ English subtitle.
I have seen Tehran Has No More Pomegranates (2007)
Director: Massoud Bakhshi
در اين نشست پس از خواندن سه داستان از سه نويسنده جوان , شرکت کنندگان به نقد و بررسي اين آثار پرداختند و در پايان آقاي ساعد احمدي ضمن ارائه نقطه نظرات خود با اشاره به مسائل داستان نويسي معاصر در ايران و مقايسه آن با جهان ادبي نويسندگان غرب با در نظر گرفتن چهارچوب هاي ادبيات داستاني به نقد ساختاري و محتوايي داستانها و جمع بندي و ديگر نظرات ارئه شده پرداخت
اين برنامه مطابق روال ماه هاي گذشته در آخرين پنج شنبه هر ماه از ساعت5 عصر تا 9 شب در
« دفتر انجمن ايران شناسي کهن دژ» برگزار گرديد
لازم به ذکر است علاقه مندان مي توانند برای کسب اطلاعات بيشتر با رايان نامه زير تماس حاصل فرمايند
kohandezh.ngo@gmail.com
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بابک مغازه ای
دبیر و سخنگوی انجمن ایران شناسی کهن دژ
خبرنگار و فعال فرهنگی اجتماعی در همدان
admin replied:
پلمپ تالار مولوی
تالار مولوی به دستور رئیس دانشگاه تهران پلمپ شد
دو روز است که گروه های تئاتری و تماشاگران حق ورود به تالار نمایشی مولوی را ندارند
جهاد دانشگاهی دانشگاه تهران با صدور اطلاعیه ای اعلام کرد که پلمپ تالار مولوی به دستور مستقیم "مدیریت دانشگاه تهران" و "به دلایل اعلام نشده" صورت گرفته است.
در این اطلاعیه آمده است که این دستور را انتظامات دانشگاه تهران در ساعت یازده شب دوشنبه ۳۱ خرداد اجرا کرده است.
در اطلاعیه جهاد دانشگاهی که امروز چهارشنبه ۲ تیر (۲۲ ژوئن) منتشر شد، آمده است که این اقدام "سبب توقف فعالیتهای جاری تالار و اجرای نمایشها شده" و به دلیل روشن نبودن وضعیت، "فعلا اجرای نمایشهای تالار مولوی تعطیل خواهد بود."
بر اساس آنچه در این اطلاعیه آمده است، مذاکره جهاد دانشگاهی با ریاست دانشگاه و 'مسئولان ذیربط' تاکنون برای فک پلمپ و ادامه فعالیت های نمایشی بی نتیجه بوده است.
اجرای همه تئاترهای تالار مولوی در روزهای دوشنبه و سه شنبه، تعطیل بوده و انتظامات دانشگاه از ورود گروه های نمایشی برای تمرین هم جلوگیری کرده است.
برخی منابع غیررسمی، دلیل این دستور را 'بدحجابی' اعضای گروههای تئاتری و 'عدم رعایت شئونات اسلامی' توسط آنها ذکر کرده اند.
پلمپ این تالار در حالی صورت گرفت که روزانه سه تئاتر در آن اجرا می شد و پنج گروه نمایشی در آن تمرین می کردند.
در پایان اطلاعیه جهاد دانشگاهی، ضمن عذرخواهی از هنرمندان، اظهار امیدواری شده است که "با پاسخگویی مستدل دانشگاه و ذکر دلایل این اقدام غیرمنتظره و رسیدگی مراجع ذیربط" فعالیتهای تالار مولوی جهاد دانشگاهی مجددا از سر گرفته شود.
تالار مولوی یکی از سالنهای تئاتر تهران است که در خیابان ۱۶ آذر و نزدیک میدان انقلاب قرار دارد.
این تالار زیر نظر جهاد دانشگاهی دانشگاه تهران اداره می شود.
admin replied:
سه هزار سال میراث فرهنگی
افغانستان یکی از کانونهای اصلی فرهنگ خاورزمین بوده استنمایشگاه "گنجهای نجاتیافته" در شهر بن به یاد میآورد که افغانستان وارث فرهنگی دیرین و پرشکوه است. سرزمینی که امروزه در ویرانی و پریشانی فرو رفته، شایستهی سرنوشتی دیگر و آیندهای بهتر است.
سیمای واقعی افغانستان بیش از ۳۵ سال است که در دود جنگ و غبار ویرانی پنهان مانده است. نمایشگاه بزرگی که از میراث فرهنگی دیرین این کشور فراهم آمده، نشان میدهد که افغانستان یکی از کانونهای اصلی فرهنگ خاورزمین بوده است.
گذرگاه مهم "راه ابریشم" از سراسر خاک افغانستان عبور میکرد. این مهمترین شاهراه ارتباط تجاری و فرهنگی میان شرق و غرب از قلمرو هخامنشی و باختری و کوشانی و سلوکی و ساسانی میگذشت، و از اواخر عصر برنز (مفرغ) تا تمدن اسلامی بستر جریانهای رنگارنگ فرهنگیبود. در این سرزمین از تلاقی فرهنگهای باختری، هندی، ایرانی و یونانی و اسلامی تمدنی پربار پدید آمده بود. مذاهب هلنی، زرتشتی، بودایی و هندو و اسلام رد پای خود را در این قلمرو باقی گذاشتند.
در قرنهای اخیر در جریان آشوبها و تلاطمها و درگیریهای قومی و مذهبی، بخش بزرگی از این میراث فرهنگی به غارت رفت یا در طول زمان به فراموشی افتاد. تنها در دوران معاصر بود که کاوشگران و باستانشناسان مسیر این تمدن را ردیابی کردند، وجوه چشمگیر آن را بازشناختند. موزه ملی کابل که در سال ۱۹۲۲ گشایش یافت، با حدود ۱۰۰ هزار قطعه، میراث تمدنی پرمایه را به جهان شناساند.
در نمایشگاهی که اینک از ذخایر موزه کابل فراهم آمده و راه کشورهای غربی را در پیش گرفته است، ۲۳۰ قطعه گزینه شده تا تمام جوانب این میراث گرانبها را در معرض دید قرار دهد. محور اصلی نمایشگاه جواهرات بازیافته در "طلاتپه" است که بر یکی از دستاوردهای گرانبهای باستانشناسی معاصر گواهی میدهد.
ذخایر گرانبهای "طلاتپه"
طلاتپه نام یک پایگاه باستانی در نزدیکی شهر شبرغان در شمال افغانستان است که کاوش آن در سال ۱۹۷۹ میلادی توسط گروهی از باستانشناسان افغان و روس به سرپرستی ویکتور ساریانیدی صورت گرفت.
گنجینهٔ طلاتپه مشتمل بر بیش از بيست هزار قطعه جواهر و زیورآلات، پارچههای زربفت و سکههای به جامانده از دورههای کوشانیان و اشکانیان است. طی حفاری از آرامگاه شش فرد مدفون (پنج زن و یک مرد)، ثروت سرشاری از جواهرات گرانبها به دست آمد که به همراه مردگان در قعر خاک خفته بود. پیشینهٔ این گنجینه به سدهی یکم پیش از میلاد میرسد. آرایههای بدست آمده شامل سکهها، گردنبندهای تزئین شده با سنگهای گرانبها، کمربندها، نشانیهای سلحشوری و چند تاج میباشد.
این ذخایر گرانبها هنوز به تمامی بازشناخته و ردهبندی نشده بود که کشور در دورانی پرتلاطم فرو رفت که سالهای طولانی مردم را از امنیت و آسایش محروم کرد. با ورود اتحاد شوروی (سابق) به افغانستان در سال ۱۹۷۹ سامانهی اقتصادی و اجتماعی افغانستان فرو پاشید. حدود ده سال بعد با عقبنشینی نیروهای شوروی، کشور افغانستان بار دیگر در آشوب و هرج و مرج فرو رفت.
در آغاز سال ۱۹۹۲ گروههای مجاهدین بر قسمت اعظم خاک افغانستان حاکم شدند، اما جنگسالاران به زودی با یکدیگر وارد جنگی بیرحمانه شدند که کشور را به ویرانه بدل کرد. در کوران جنگ و کشتار، عدهای از "مجاهدان افراطی" بر موزه کابل دست انداختند و به غارت آن پرداختند. آثار بسیاری ربوده شد، در خارج به فروش رسید و پول آن به جیب سودجویان رفت.
در مارس ۲۰۰۱ طالبان مجسمههای غولآسای بامیان را در میان بهت و خشم جهانیان ویران کردند. این تنها حرکتی نمادین بود برای هجوم وحشیانهای که بر میراث فرهنگی چنگ انداخت، تا آنجا که نام حکومت بنیادگرایان را با خشونت و وحشت و جهالت درآمیخت. در این دوران افراد طالبان بیش از ۲۵۰۰ مجسمه را از موزهها و پایگاههای تاریخی بیرون کشیدند و نابود کردند.
سرنوشت طلاتپه
گفته میشود که افراد طالبان از گنجینهای که در "طلاتپه" یافت شده بود، اطلاع داشتند و آزمندانه به دنبال دستیابی به آن بودند. زمانی که کشور در جنگ داخلی میسوخت و حاکمیت وابسته به شوروی به فروپاشی نزدیک میشد، کارمندان موزه موفق شدند با فداکاری فراوان مجموعهی ارزشمند طلاتپه را در خزانه بانک مرکزی در کاخ ریاست جمهوری در کابل مخفی کنند. گفتهاند که نجیبالله آخرین رئیس دولت کمونیستی افغانستان به اجرای این طرح کمک کرده است.
تا چندین سال گمان میرفت که این مجموعه گرانبها طی جنگ و آشوب نابود شده است. برخی تصور میکردند که این گنجینه را سودجویان ذوب کرده و به صورت شمش طلا به خارج برده و فروختهاند. درحالیکه تنها کارمندان از خودگذشتهی موزه از محل آن باخبر بودند. عمر خان مسعودی، مدیر موزه ملی کابل میگوید: «ما این راز را دهها سال حفظ کردیم. مسئولان موزه و انستیتوی باستان شناسی افغانستان در برابر کنجکاویها همیشه جواب میدادند: ما خبر نداریم شاید از موزه به غارت رفتهاند.»
Bildunterschrift: افغانستان از اواخر عصر برنز (مفرغ) تا تمدن اسلامی بستر جریانهای رنگارنگ فرهنگیبود. در اکتبر ۲۰۰۳ دولت از رازی بزرگ پرده برداشت. طی اطلاعیهای رسمی اعلام شد که گنجینه "طلاتپه" در خزانه بانک مرکزی از گزند حوادث مصون مانده است. در سال ۲۰۰۴ صندوقهای خزانه در حضور هیئتی بینالمللی گشوده شد. کارشناسان، از جمله ویکتور ساریاندینی، کاشف گنجینه "طلاتپه"، با شگفتی و شادی مطمئن شدند که گنجینه سالم مانده است.
بازیافتههای باستانی از کاوشهای نوین
آثار عرضه شده در نمایشگاه از چهار پروژهی بزرگ حفاری گزینه شده است، به شرح زیر:
• حفریات تپه فولول
در ظروف طلا و نقره که در سال ۱۹۶۶ در این محل کشف شد، شناسههای روشنی از تمدن باختر (و مرکز آن بلخ) در شرق فلات ایران به دست آمد که قدمت آنها فزون بر دو هزار سال است.
• حفریات آی خانوم
جانشینان سلوکی اسکندر مقدونی پس از مرگ فاتح بزرگ در سال ۳۲۳ پیش از میلاد، شهری بزرگ مطابق الگوی شهرهای یونان باستان ساختند در نزدیکی آبادی کهنی که امروزه "آی خانوم" (بانوی ماه) خوانده میشود. در این حفریات بیشتر جلوههای هلنی، تلفیقی از میراث یونانی با تأثرات شرقی، دیده میشود.
• حفریات بگرام
حفریات بگرام به دوران سلسله کوشانی برمیگردد که پادشاهی آنها در قرن اول تا آغاز قرن دوم میلادی در شمال شرقی افغانستان امروز مستقر بود. کوشانیها بر قلمروی وسیع از آسیای مرکزی تا شمال هند حکومت میراندند. آثار به جا مانده از این تمدن، به ویژه جامهای بلورین و ظروف شیشهای بر هنری غنی و تلفیقی دلالت دارد، از آمیزش عناصر یونانی و رومی با بنمایههای هندی و چینی.
موزه ملی کابل تا کنون با سعی و جدیت فراوان از این آثار نگهداری کرده و در آینده نیز مسئولیت حفظ و معرفی این میراث را به عهده دارد. عمر سلطان، معاون وزیر فرهنگ افغانستان انکار نمیکند که در آینده نیز ممکن است بلاهای مشابهی میراث باستانی کشور را تهدید کند، اما این مقام مسئول اطمینان میدهد که این ذخایر فرهنگی همچنان از سوانح روزگار در امان بماند:
«ما این راز را ۳۰ سال تمام مخفی نگاه داشتیم و هیچکس از محل گنج باخبر نشد، بنابرین در آینده هم از آن مواظبت خواهیم کرد. در افغانستان هنوز چیزهای زیادی هست که در محلی امن نگهداری میشود.»
نمایشگاه بینالمللی "گنجهای نجاتیافتهی افغانستان" که پس از چند موزهی بزرگ، اینک به آلمان رسیده، تا ۳ اکتبر امسال در موزه هنری شهر بن دایر است.
علی امینی
تحریریه: رضا نیکجو
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“Last Word” by Shirin Neshat.
Screening of Iranian films
Saturday November 15, 8pm
Ms. Neshat’s latest film is about a woman’s journey back to her homeland and her response to a male interogator.
“Shahrbanu” by Mellisa Hibbard & Hamid Rahmanian.
Shahrbanoo” is an unlikely story. The encounter of an American woman with a super-conservative Iranian family living in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Tehran was surely not an accident waiting to happen. The centerpiece of the story is Melissa who was visiting her new husband’s family in Tehran last autumn.
Sunday November 23, 8pm
“Last Word” by Shirin Neshat.
Ms. Neshat’s latest film is about a woman’s journey back to her homeland and her response to a male interrogator.
“A Certain Kind of Death” by Blue Hadaegh & Grover Babcock. Winner of audience award for best documentary at Sundance. Unblinking and unsettling, lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us: What happens to people who die with no next of kin?
Space is limited so reserve your seats by calling 310/481 9052
Articultural Gallery is located at :
10469 Santa Monica Bl. Los Angeles, CA 90025
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Far from Home - Sohrab Shahid Saless,
November 16, 2003, at 7:00 PM.
With works such as A Simple Event, and Still Life, Shahid Saless was a pioneer of Iranian Poetic Realism. Following the success of Still Life,
Shahid Saless moved to Germany, and continued making films there with the same style and attitude. Far from Home, his first German film depicts the boring and deplorable life of Turkish immigrant workers in Germany.
Parviz Sayyad, who plays marvelously the central figure in the film, was kind enough to generously let us borrow his own print of the film. A director, writer and actor, Parviz Sayyad will participate in the Q&A following the screening, which will be moderated by Majid Roshangar.
The screening will be preceded by a brief discussion of the Iranian Poetic Realism Genre, as well as a 14 minutes short film by Maya Dern, the American avant-garde filmmaker: Meshes of the Afternoon.
Please note that Film Society’s new location is the following:
Center For Inquiry West (CFI)
Steve Allen Theater
4773 Hollywood Blvd. (two blocks west of Vermont Ave. in front of
Barnsdall
Park)
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Tel: 323-666-9797 or 818-667-8846
Ample Free Parking (please enter from Berendo St.)
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Far from Home - Sohrab Shahid Saless
Special screening - November 16, 2003, at 7:00 PM.
With works such as A Simple Event, and Still Life, Shahid Saless was a pioneer of Iranian Poetic Realism. Following the success of Still Life,
Shahid Saless moved to Germany, and continued making films there with the same style and attitude. Far from Home, his first German film depicts the boring and deplorable life of Turkish immigrant workers in Germany.
Parviz Sayyad, who plays marvelously the central figure in the film, was kind enough to generously let us borrow his own print of the film. A director, writer and actor, Parviz Sayyad will participate in the Q&A following the screening, which will be moderated by Majid Roshangar.
The screening will be preceded by a brief discussion of the Iranian Poetic Realism Genre, as well as a 14 minutes short film by Maya Dern, the American avant-garde filmmaker: Meshes of the Afternoon.
Please note that Film Society’s new location is the following:
Center For Inquiry West (CFI)
Steve Allen Theater
4773 Hollywood Blvd. (two blocks west of Vermont Ave. in front of
Barnsdall
Park)
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Tel: 323-666-9797 or 818-667-8846
Ample Free Parking (please enter from Berendo St.)
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Uncover - A new documentary movie
Uncovered combines expert interviews with extensive research to go behind the walls of government. Interviewees include:
Joe Wilson, the former Ambassador to Iraq who exposed that the famous "16 words" in Bush's State of the Union address about uranium in Niger were false. In retaliation, senior White House officials appear to have blown the cover of Wilson's wife, an undercover CIA agent.
John Dean, White House lawyer for President Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
Rand Beers, former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for combating terrorism.
David Albright, a physicist, nuclear weapons expert, and former weapons inspector with the IAEA Action team.
Rt. Hon. Clare Short, the British Member of Parliament who recently resigned her position as Tony Blair's secretary for international development because Blair did not support a UN coalition to rebuild Iraq. order
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CINEMA EAST FILM SCREENING
ARTE EAST and the DEPARTMENT OF MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES AT NYU Present:
Terra Incognita
by Ghassan Salhab (Lebanon/France, 2002, 120 min., 35 mm)
Director Ghassan Salhab in Person
Saturday, November 8th, 6 PM
Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8 Street
Beirut is a city that has been destroyed and rebuilt at least seven times. What lives, what stories could one create, after the most recent disaster in Lebanon? Soraya is a guide who takes tourists on the trails of ancient civilizations as well as sites of recent destruction from the Lebanese civil war. Unable to commit, she surrenders herself to passing lovers. Her friend Leyla sails between mysticism and atheism. Nadim, an architect, tries to reinvent his city while Tarek wonders why he ever returned to his country. The four friends are stuck in the present, afraid to look back and even more afraid to face the future. Terra incognita was selected for the category "Un Certain regard" at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. In Arabic with English subtitles.
Post-screening panel discussion with filmmaker Ghassan Salhab, Nana Asfour (film critic, NYC) and Moukhtar Kocache (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council)
General admission $9; Student admission $7
You may purchase advance tickets online at http://www.arteeast.org/tiketspage.html
To view the full program details for Cinema East visit http://www.arteeast.org/CEprogram.html
Salhab will discuss and present two experimental videos, La rose de personne (1998) and Mon corps vivant, mon corps mort (2003) at Arts International’s Not at East artist salon series. To RSVP, please contact lwalton@artsinternational.org or (212) 674-9744 ext. 107. Admission is free.
November 6, 6:30 PM
Arts International
251 Park Avenue South, 5th Flr.
between E. 20th and E. 21st Sts
ADVANCED NOTICE
On December 13th, it is our honor to welcome director Nadia El Fani and leading actress Sonia Hamza of Bedwin Hacker who will be available to answer your questions following the screening. We would like to thank the African Diaspora Film Festival for making their presence possible. For more information about the African Diaspora Film Festival go to http://www.NYADFF.org
ArteEast, Inc.
490 Third Street, #2
Brooklyn, NY 11215
ARTE EAST and the DEPARTMENT OF MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES AT NYU Present: CINEMA EAST FILM SCREENING
SHORTS – WOMEN, IMMIGRATION & DISPLACEMENT
Meantime in Beirut by Merdad Hage (Lebanon, 2002, 29 min., Beta SP)
The Way Out by Samia Meskaldji (Algeria/France, 2001, 37 min., 35 mm)
Foreigner by Danielle Arbid (Lebanon/France, 2002, 45 min. 35 mm)
Saturday, October 25th, 6 PM
Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8 Street
Meantime in Beirut by Merdad Hage (Lebanon, 2002, 29 min., Beta SP)
Lamice, a Lebanese woman and Canadian citizen, returns to Beirut to decide whether or not she wants to renovate her family's dilapidated apartment and take up residence. She soon discovers that the past is never far away in the beleaguered city, where memories of her war-torn childhood haunt her. Through her struggle to find a builder, she lives out the challenges faced by post-civil war Lebanon. In Arabic with English subtitles.
The Way Out by Samia Meskaldji (Algeria/France, 2001, 37 min., 35 mm)
Unmarried Leila, a young Algerian woman, passes time with her son, Nabil, by playing guessing games on the beach in their small French town. But their peaceful way of life slowly unravels as Leila sinks into a depression as mysterious as the sea that surrounds them. The playful "Who are you?" becomes a question that hangs with growing uncertainty between mother and son. In French with English subtitles.
Foreigner by Danielle Arbid (Lebanon/France, 2002, 45 min. 35 mm)
Margot is an immigrant from a country on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea. At 78, she still walks across Paris every day to iron clothes at the apartments of the well-to-do. Margot seldom meets her employers, yet she absorbs their world like a child in a dollhouse. In French with English subtitles.
Post-screening panel discussion with Rabab Abdulhadi (NYU), Laura Bier (NYU) and Anahid Kassabian (Fordham University)
Program co-presented by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, NYU
For your convenience, you may purchase tickets online here.
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Unruled Paper (Khaghaze bi Khat)
Cast: Khosrou Shakibaie, Hediyeh Tehrani
and Jamshid Mashayekhi
From Friday, September 19th
Music Hall Theater, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Director: Nasser Taghvaie
Show times: Monday - Friday with three daily shows &
Saturday & Sunday with five daily shows
Information: 310-229-5289
www.irfilms.com
Please forward this message to your friends.
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Tahmineh Milani at UCI
Thursday August, 14th, 7:30 pm
Iranian Cultural Club of UCI Proudly Presents:
Women in Iranian Cinema
Tahmineh Milani at UCI
Crystal Cove Auditorium, UCI
Tickets: in advance 12$, at the door
Information: (714) 838 1775
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Beyond Words by Jahanshah Ardalan
After being away from his country of birth for close to two decades, the Iranian born filmmaker goes back to discover his roots and the land of his ancestors, Kurdistan. During the many trips there, he realizes a lot more than just his own family background. Read
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Movie: "Ten" A Look at women's lives in Iran
UCSB Arts and Lectures Summer Cinema Series presents "Ten," a look into women's lives in modern Iran, at 7:30pm Uly 16th in UCSB Campbell Hall. "Ten" was shot with a digital camera attached to a car's dashboard and reveals ten conversations between a pretty young woman and her passengers. The passangers include her son, who is still upset over her mother's divorce, a prostitute, and a young woman with problems with her boyfriend.
Tickets are $6 for public, $5 for UCSB students. Tickets may be purchased in advance or bought at the door. More information, call UCSB Arts and Lectures at 893-3535 or visit www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
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CONTROLLED CHAOS
Made by Azita Zendel an Iranian independent film maker.
It is a roman á clef feature film based
on Azita Zendedel's four years as Oliver Stone's
assistant, about the harried Assistant to a world
famous film Director forced to cover up her boss'
frequent scandals. It explores the limits of loyalty
and questions: “How Far Should You Go to Cover Up for
Your Boss?” CONTROLLED CHAOS won the award for Best
Feature at WinFemme Film Festival and the New York International Independent Film Festival. The trailer for CONTROLLED CHAOS can be seen at http://www.controlledchaosmovie.com.
CONTROLLED CHAOS will be shown theatrically in Los
Angeles for one week only from Friday June 13 to
Thursday June 19, 2003 at 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45 and
10 pm at Laemmle Fairfax Theater located, at 7907
Beverly Blvd. (at the corner of Fairfax and Beverly
Blvd.) The theater’s Box Office number is
323-655-4010. Ticket s are $8.50 for adults and $5.50
for students and senior citizens.
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Iran's film directors win the hearts of audiences at Cannes festival
Iran's directors fighting tighter measures on showing films abroad
Sat May 24, 3:59 AM ET Add Mideast - AFP to My Yahoo!
TEHRAN (AFP) - As Iran's film directors win the hearts of audiences at this year's Cannes festival (news - web sites), their ongoing battle for freedom of expression has taken a new twist with local authorities pressing them to obtain permission to screen films abroad.
Jafar Panahi, whose endearing film the White Balloon carried away the Camera d'Or at Cannes in 1995, received a letter from the culture ministry requiring him to cut several scenes from his new film "Talay-e Sorkh" (Blood and Gold) to allow it to be screened in Cannes.
"I am not going to cut even one frame from my film. My film is now in Cannes and it will be screened," Panahi told AFP in an interview, ahead of Saturday's screening.
But he was not sure how authorities would react to his defiance.
"This is a new wave of pressures on film-makers ... We are feeling more pressure and there seems to be more restrictions," Panahi said.
"Censors have really tied the hands of film-makers," he complained, "but still everyone tries to find a way to express themselves."
In Iran's uncertain political climate, the freer hand and more relaxed censorship measures that directors have enjoyed since moderate President Mohammad Khatami (news - web sites) came to power in 1997 may not last much longer.
Khatami's election was key in securing more space for directors to deal with political and social issues of relevance to Iranian audiences, and enabled them to push the limits of the strict Islamic rules their films must conform to.
But recent setbacks for the reformist camp, notably failed bids by Khatami to increase his presidential powers and reduce those of key conservative institutions, have also taken their toll on Iran's film industry.
The newly-appointed deputy minister of culture charged with cinema affairs, Mohammad Mehdi Heydarian, was formerly a top man in conservative-controlled state television.
In early May he called on directors to "take seriously" the requirement to secure authorization to show films abroad.
Despite the applause they receive in Western art-cinema houses, Iran's directors are frustrated that their movies are not widely available to Iranian audiences.
"I have always tried to screen my films in my own country first because my films deal with social issues and people's problems, and there is no place better than showing the film here to influence the people," Panahi said.
"Most of my films were about the situation of (Iranian) women, this is the first time I have made something about men," said Panahi, commenting about "Blood and Gold", the story of a pizza deliverer caught up in social injustice resulting from the gap between rich and poor.
Panahi's film "The Circle", released in 2000 and focusing on the plight of Tehran's women, sexism and institutional discrimination, was banned in Iran.
For his part, fellow director Bahman Gobadi, director of "A Time for Drunken Horses" (2000) about Iran's Kurds, said he also wanted his films to be more widely available at home.
"I can only get permission to show my film in one cinema ... whereas in the United States 50 cinemas are showing it," he said.
Both directors highlighted the important role of festivals in sending their messages out to the world. "The films are first introduced by the festivals and then find their way into European markets," Panahi said.
Panahi requested permission two months ago to show his latest offering in Iran -- but he has yet to receive a reply. Source
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'Under the Skin of the City'
The film shows exclusively at:
The Laemmele's Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills,
(310) 274-6869;
and the
Regal/Edwards/etc. Park Place
3031 Michelson Dr.
phone: 310-447-7890
MOVIE REVIEW
Working-class heroes in Tehran
'Under the Skin of the City' is a censure of Iranian society, but
it's
also
great storytelling.
By Kevin Thomas, Times Staff Writer
"Under the Skin of the City" is an apt title for a film that zeroes in
on
an
urban working-class family and reveals both its daily struggle for survival
and its dreams of a better life. The predicament is universal, but that the
family happens to live in Tehran reveals challenges and hardships that are
inescapably critical of Iranian society, especially concerning the plight
of
women.
But this splendid film is no mere polemic, for Rakhshan Bani-Etemad,
often called the first lady of Iranian cinema, is above all an
accomplished storyteller and dramatist who understands the evocative
power of sound and image. It's no wonder that Iran's film critics voted
her film the best of 2001; it also won the grand jury prize that year
at the Moscow International Film Festival. And Bani-Etemad struck a
chord with Iranian audiences, who made her film a box-office hit.
In an inspired touch, Bani-Etemad, best known for "Narges" (1992) and
"The Blue-Veiled" (1994), both daring in their defense of women, sets
her story against the parliamentary elections of 1998, which carried
hope of reform. A TV newscaster singles out Tuba Rahmat-Abdi (Golab
Adineh), a worn, middle-aged factory worker, to ask her about the
elections but cuts her off as soon as she says shyly that she hopes
elected officials will believe in God and be concerned with the issues
of housing and welfare. At the end of the film, when TV newscasters
catch up with Tuba again, she has become blunt
and outspoken.
Tuba is developing a job-related lung disease but soldiers on. Her
decidedly
older husband, Mahmoud (Mohsen Ghazi Moradi), is lame and stays at home and
is out of touch with the times. The other mainstay of the family is her
eldest son, Abbas (Mohammad Reza Foroutan), an ambitious, hard-working
gofer
for a garment manufacturer. Abbas is the family dreamer: He wants his
younger brother, Ali (Ebraheem Sheibani), a high school student and casual
dissident, and middle-school-age sister, Mahboubeh (Baran Kowsari), to have
the college education he could not afford. His immediate goal is to gather
enough money to obtain a foreign work visa and head for Japan to make more
money than he could have ever hoped to make at home. Abbas also longs to be
able to court a beautiful clerk in his boss' high-rise office.
There is nothing wrong with Abbas' dreams, and Bani-Etemad is
implicitly critical of a government that makes it not only so difficult
to pursue them but also downright dangerous. She is also critical of a
society in which Tuba's miserable eldest child, Hamideh (Homeira
Riazi), now pregnant with her second child, regularly returns to her
family for refuge after her debt-ridden husband brutally takes out his
frustrations on her.
Hamideh's plight is echoed by that of her younger sister's best friend,
who is subject to terrible abuse from her older brother.
What keeps these developments and more from being hopelessly grim are
the loving ties that surmount petty differences and sustain the family
through adversity. Yet there is a limit to just how much love can do,
and the increasingly suspenseful "Under the Skin of the City" takes its
leave at just the right moment, causing us to wonder if, with the
Rahmat-Abdi family, that limit has been reached.
'Under the Skin of the City'
MPAA rating: Unrated
Times guidelines: Complex adult themes
Golab Adineh ... Tuba
Mohammad Reza Foroutan ... Abbas
Baran Kowsari ... Mahboubeh
Ebraheem Sheibani ... Ali
Mohsen Ghazi Moradi ... Mahmoud
A Magnolia Pictures release. Producer-director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad.
Screenplay Bani-Etemad and Farid Mostafavi. Cinematographer Hossein
Jafarian. Editor Mostafa Kherghepoush. Production designer Omi Mohit.
In Farsi, with English subtitles. Running time: 1 hour, 33 minutes.
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Michael Moore plans Bush-bin Laden film
Published 3/28/2003 4:00 PM Source
LOS ANGELES, March 28 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Michael Moore's next project might be more controversial than his Oscar-winning documentary "Bowling for Columbine."
According to a report in Friday's Daily Variety, Moore is working on a documentary about the "the murky relationship" between former President George Bush and the family of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. The paper said the movie, "Fahrenheit 911," will suggest that the bin Laden family profited greatly from the association.
Moore's anti-war, anti-Bush Oscar acceptance speech provoked a mixture of cheers and boos at the Academy Awards last Sunday.
In addition to the Best Documentary Oscar, "Bowling for Columbine" also had an extraordinarily robust bottom line. Made for about $3 million, it has grossed nearly $40 million worldwide -- making it one of the most commercially successful documentaries of all time.
Variety reported that Moore is working out a deal with Mel Gibson's production company, Icon Productions, to finance "Fahrenheit 911."
According to Moore, the former president had a business relationship with Osama bin Laden's father, Mohammed bin Laden, a Saudi construction magnate who left $300 million to Osama bin Laden. It has been widely reported that bin Laden used the inheritance to finance global terrorism.
Moore said the bin Laden family was heavily invested in the Carlyle Group, a private global investment firm that the filmmaker said frequently buys failing defense companies and then sells them at a profit. Former President Bush has reportedly served as a senior adviser with the firm.
"The senior Bush kept his ties with the bin Laden family up until two months after Sept. 11," said Moore.
Moore told Variety the primary focus of the new project will be to examine what has happened to the United States since the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. He accused the Bush administration of using a tragic event to push its agenda.
"It (the new project) certainly does deal with the Bush and bin Laden ties," said Moore. "It asks a number of questions that I don't have the answers to yet, but which I intend to find out."
Moore said he expects the new movie to be in U.S. theaters in time for the 2004 presidential election.
While some critics accused Moore of being anti-American for his Oscar speech, Moore told Variety business has been very good for his movie and his best-selling book "Stupid White Men: And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation."
"I expressed exactly what was in the film and instead of being blacklisted, I've not only gotten a deal to fund 'Fahrenheit 911' but offers on the film after," he said. "Presales on ('Bowling for Columbine's') video release ran ahead of 'Chicago' this week, and my book is returning to the top spot on the New York Times best-seller list."
Moore said the success of his documentary and book reflects majority public support for his political argument.
"It's because the majority of Americans agree with me, see the economy in the toilet and didn't vote for George W," he said. "People are now realizing you can question your government while still caring about the soldiers."
Copyright 2001-2003 United Press International
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فیلم غم انگیز زنده گی مهران کریمی ایرانی تبعیدی در فرانسه
Documentary movie- Jacques Derrida
What if you could watch Socrates, on film, rehearsing his Socratic dialogues? What if there was footage of Descartes, Thoreau, or Shakespeare as themselves at work and in their daily life? Might we now look at these figures differently, with perhaps a deeper understanding of their work and lives?
Filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman asked themselves these questions, and decided to team up and document one of the most visionary and influential thinkers of the 20th century, a man who single-handedly altered the way many of us look at history, language, art, and, ultimately, ourselves: the brilliant and iconoclastic French philosopher Jacques Derrida.
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" Under the Moonlight "
From Oct.18 to Nov. 19 , 2002
A film by Reza Mir Karimi
Location: Music Hall Theater, 9036 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills
Bowling for Columbine
Interesting and Educational Movie about Clombine Shooting.
Read
To watch the movie:
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West Hollywood Telephone #(323)848-3500
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South Pasadena Telephone #(626)799-9567
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Katayoon replied:
8 Women- 8 Femmes!
A film that makes you attracted with an enchanting title, mystery genre and such fabulous actresses!
In contrast it will make you confronted with a total disappointment. The plot is good but the time to time singings is quite out of tune for the movie!
I do not recommand it at all and I wonder how such great actoresses like Cathrine Deneuve have apeared in such a banal movie ....
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Mozahem- Pest-Disturbant
Kind of a change in Iranian cienema. The concept of homosexuality in a mystrious movie is played well. It is a strong mofvie considering its limitations. Worth watching .... for a pass time!:)
1000 Women Like Me
Is the title of the movie in Music Hall, LA since July 12th.
Pictures an old struggle between a Father not loved by the Mother who can have the custody of the child according to the law.
A father no matter how caring, responsible , etc. he can be by law can have the custody of a child at the time of divorce as long as he can support the child financially . Even the fact that he might have a second wife will not suspend this right.
This film depicts how cruel this law can be, how brutal and egoist husband can be and a big general message: Individual can not go against a system, how powerful and ambitious he is. The system will rull over the individual. So, any change to be efficient must be in the fundamentals of a system.
Wort watching and sighing .....
Katayoon
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Film Club
The Amnesty International Film Festival
Co-presented by the City of West Hollywood
May 30-June 2, 2002
Directors Guild of America
7920 Sunset Blvd (at Hayworth)
Free Parking for festival Patrons
For information call 310-815-0450
For complete schedule and film descriptions, see
www.amnestyusa.org/filmfest
Tickets (per screening):
$8 General Admission
$6 Amnesty International members/West Hollywood residents
$4 Student/Senior/Disabled
Full-festival pass
$40 General Admission
$30 Amnesty International Members/West Hollywood residents
$20 Student/Senior/Disabled
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
THURSDAY, MAY 30 2002
7:00 PM
Special Opening Night Event
Launch Party for Artists for Amnesty
By Invitation Only -- RESERVATIONS REQUIRED!
approx 200 tickets will be made available to be public on a first come-first serve basis)
20th Anniversary Screening of Universal Pictures "Missing,"Starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. Hosted by Gabriel Byrne, followed by catered reception.
FRIDAY, MAY 31 2002
7:00 PM? THEATER 3/40 SEATS
"The Many Faces of Madness," (19 MIN.) plays with "Freedom" (58 Min.)
8:00 PM? THEATER 2/150 SEATS
"Execution of Wanda Jean," 88 min, 2001. Followed by a Discussion
9:00 PM? THEATER 3/40 SEATS
"The Pinochet Case," 110 min (Q&A on Pinochet Case from Amnesty)
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 2002
3:00 PM -- THEATER 3/40 SEATS
"Missing Young Woman/Seorita Extraviada," 2000. 74 min. "Duhshomoy," 26 min 1999.
5:30 PM -- THEATER 3/40 SEATS
"6000 A Day: An Account of a Catastrophe Foretold," 55 min. 2001.
7:00PM ? THEATER 3/40 SEATS
"The Inner Tour," 94 min. 2001.
6:00 PM ? THEATER 2/150 SEATS
"Uncle Saddam," followed by Q&A w/ Director
8:00 PM ? THEATER 2/150 SEATS
"The Two Towns of Jasper" Followed by a discussion with filmmaker (Marco
Williams, co-director) and others.
5:00 PM- THEATER 3/40 SEATS
"The Pinochet Case," 110 min followed by Q&A on Pinochet Case from Amnesty
7:00 PM ? THEATER 2/150 SEATS
"The Hidden Half," By Tamineh Milani, 109 min. Iran, 2001. Followed by Panel Discussion featuring noted international filmmakers.
