<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><blockquote style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; "><font size="2">This looks like a wonderful documentary. </font></blockquote><blockquote style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; "><font size="2"><br></font><div id="yiv123640550"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit;"><font size="2"><br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 2/22/12, the.art.theater@gmail.com <i><the.art.theater@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br></font><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"><div id="yiv123640550"><div><table width="250" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"
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<strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img style="width:171px;height:200px;" src="http://editor.des07.com/the_art_theatre/Fordson_poster.jpg" height="200" hspace="5" width="171" align="right">Free One Night Event, </span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">a screening of </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football (NR)</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br>
</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; ">A special FREE event on Monday, 2/27, at 7 PM. We will show the documentary <em>Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football
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"<em>Fordson</em>, however, does not condemn the United States. It rather
proudly affirms the American dream, reclaiming it for Muslims who see no
conflict between their patriotism and their faith." - <a rel="nofollow" style="font-family: helvetica; color: rgb(51, 0, 255); " title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.des07.com/t/22959430/585577108/54768457/0/"><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: rgb(51, 0, 255); ">Paul Brunick in the NY Times</span></a><br>
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We will have one of the film's producers in attendance: <span class="yiv123640550column-label"></span><span class="yiv123640550column-info">Ash-har Quraishi, U of I graduate and an Emmy-winning television journalist, writer, photographer and filmmaker</span>. A discussion will follow the show.<br>
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<a rel="nofollow" style="font-family: helvetica; color: rgb(51, 0, 255); " title="" target="_blank" href="http://www.des07.com/t/22959430/585577108/54761312/0/"><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: rgb(51, 0, 255); ">Watch the trailer here</span></a>.<br>
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