[Peace] Return of the IDF Human Rights Film Series!

[Jen Tayabji]

AWARE is a cosponsor of the film series!

Jen

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

The Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) presents:

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3rd Annual Human Rights Film Series
Spring 2005

Free Admission and Snacks
7-9pm
Bondurant Room, IDF**

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Each spring, the IDF hosts the Human Rights Film series. We show 5
documentaries over the course of two months, each about a different human
rights issue. Following each film, there is a discussion facilitated by a
local campus or community member who has expertise on the topic of the
documentary. The films will be shown with a projector and free snacks will
be provided! This year, we will be showing "Soldiers Pay," "Plan Colombia:
Cashing In On The Drug War Failure," "Ballot Measure 9," "End of
Suburbia," and "Brothers and Others." See below for more information about
these films!

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SOLDIERS PAY: Thursday, March 31st, from 7-9pm @ IDF

SOLDIERS PAY is a meditation on the current war in Iraq. David O. Russell,
together with co-filmmakers Tricia Regan and Juan Carlos Zaldivar,
interviewed dozens of people over a six week period, and created a chorus
of voices including veterans of the war, Iraqis who rose up against
Saddam after the last war and escaped to the US, journalists, politicians,
psychologists, and even a two-star general who led the Marines to victory
in the first Gulf War. For more information, check out
http://www.truthuncovered.com/soldierspay.html.

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PLAN COLOMBIA: CASHING IN ON THE DRUG WAR FAILURE: Thursday, April 7th,
from 7-9pm @ IDF

A 20-year "war on drugs" in Colombia has been paid for by the U.S.
taxpayers. Still, more and more drugs and narco-dollars are entering the
U.S. every year. Is it a mere failure by Washington? Or is it a
smokescreen to secure Colombia's oil & natural resources? For more
information, check out http://www.plancolombia.org.

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BALLOT MEASURE 9: Thursday, April 14th, from 7-9pm @ IDF

In Oregon's 1992 election, Ballot Measure 9 was proposed, an anti-gay
initiative, which would have denied civil rights to gay people. It was
defeated by a 53-47 percent margin. Director Heather MacDonald delves into
this explosive debate by speaking with representatives from both sides;
from brave members of the gay community who risked constant harassment and
personal attacks to stand up for what they believed in, as well as Lon
Mabon, sponsor of Measure 9 and Chair of the Oregon Citizen's Alliance,
who summed it up as "a simple battle between good and evil."

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END OF SUBURBIA: Thursday, April 21st, from 7-9pm @ IDF

Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. But as we
enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about
the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of
irony, THE END OF SUBURBIA explores the American Way of Life and its
prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for
fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable
decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers
argue in this documentary. For more information, check out
http://www.endofsuburbia.com.

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BROTHERS AND OTHERS: Tuesday, April 26th, from 7-9pm @ IDF

The atrocities witnessed by the world on September 11th were hateful acts
by terrorists who chose to view their victims not as people but as symbols
of a perceived evil. By jailing thousands of Arabs, Muslims and South
Asians without evidence or due process, is America perpetuating the cycle
of hate and ignorance, which claimed so many innocent lives?

Featuring interviews with such experts as Noam Chomsky and James Zogby,
BROTHERS AND OTHERS is a one-hour documentary on the impact of 9/11 on
Muslims and Arabs in America. The film follows a number of immigrants and
Americans as they struggle in the heightened climate of hate, FBI and INS
investigations, and economic hardships that erupted following the attacks
on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. For more information, check
out http://www.arabfilm.com/item/244/.

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The Human Rights Film series is cosponsored by: 85% Coalition, Activist
Forum, Amnesty International #124, Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort (AWARE),
Campus Greens, Channing-Murray Foundation, Common Ground Food Cooperative,
El Centro por los Trabajadores, Feminist Majority, McKinley Foundation,
Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative (PRC), South Asian Collective, St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church Social Action Committee, UC Friends Peace and
Service Committee, UC-IMC Steering Group, Vietnam Veterans Against the War
(VVAW), and the Women’s Direct Action Collective (WDAC).

The IDF is a pioneering peace with justice campus ministry. For more
information about the film series or the IDF, please contact us at the IDF
at (217) 352-8721, idf at prairienet.org, or visit our website at
www.prairienet.org/idf.

In solidarity,

The IDF Staff and Board


**The Bondurant Room is located on the 2nd floor of the Illinois Disciples
Foundation and is wheelchair accessible. The IDF is located at the NW
corner of Springfield and Wright streets in Champaign. Limited free
parking is available.