[Peace-discuss] let's host a screening of Michael Klare documentary "Blood and Oil"...

[Stuart Levy]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:52:55PM -0500, Robert Naiman wrote:
> Absolutely they can be in public venues, that is better. And even
> better is hooking it into something already ongoing, as Stuart
> suggests.
> 
> But also, we have the video, so there is more than one bite at the
> apple, multiple showings. I'm for everything.

Yes.  UPTV, too!  For at least other Media Education Foundation films,
we have public non-profit performance rights, which should be enough to
satisfy UPTV.  I expect that's true for this film as well, right?
If so any UPTV member can submit a copy to be broadcast.


While I'm posting this, what's the state of the Library Resources film series?
It's been discussed as being at Urbana Free Library -- still true?
Is there a series of dates booked or planned?


> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Robert,
> >      Do these screenings need to be in people's homes for some
> > financial/legal reason or  can they be in public venues such as the
> > suggested library or IMC?? Barbara Kessel
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Marti Wilkinson <martiwilki at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm thinking that this could be shown at the IMC....and open discussion
> >> can follow.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:37:26AM -0500, Robert Naiman wrote:
> >>> > The Media Education Foundation folks contacted me about their
> >>> > documentary "Blood and Oil," based on Michael Klare's book of the same
> >>> > name, about how the objective of controlling the Middle East's oil
> >>> > reserves has driven U.S. foreign policy since 1945.
> >>> >
> >>> > They are distributing it Greenwald-style - encouraging people to host
> >>> > screenings.
> >>> >
> >>> > http://www.bloodandoilmovie.com/
> >>> >
> >>> > (We collaborated with them in promoting "War Made Easy," a
> >>> > documentary they made based on Norman Solomon's book.)
> >>> >
> >>> > I watched the film last night and it is very powerful. (They sent me a
> >>> > review copy.)
> >>> >
> >>> > One particular sequence I thought was quite compelling was when it
> >>> > described
> >>> > how in the runup to the first Gulf War the first Bush
> >>> > Administration explained the situation explicitly in terms of control
> >>> > of oil. But polling showed that the U.S. public didn't accept that as
> >>> > a legitimate reason to go to war. So they had to switch to WMD,
> >>> > democracy, etc.
> >>> >
> >>> > The film also points out how drilling in ANWR and offshore isn't going
> >>> > to do squat, a timely topic....
> >>> >
> >>> > Let's host a screening...
> >>>
> >>> Far out.  Should this be one of the Library Resources Film Series
> >>> (at Urbana Free Library Starting This Fall!)?
> >>>
> >>> > --
> >>> > Robert Naiman
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> >>> >
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