[Peace] Presentation on war in Lebanon by Indymedia activists

Sun Nov 26 16:06:51 CST 2006

We are looking for someone to host a documentary on Lebanon at the  
IMC Dec 15th. Contact jen at clamormagazine.org if you can be the point  
person and pull this together.
- Danielle

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>
> Date: November 26, 2006 3:01:37 PM CST
> To: Danielle Chynoweth <chyn at ojctech.com>, Christopher Evans  
> <caevans2 at hotmail.com>, Brian Dolinar <bdolinar at uiuc.edu>
> Cc: imc-video at ucimc.org, "imc-booking at ucimc.org" <imc- 
> booking at ucimc.org>
> Subject: Re: Andy Stern and Ana Nogueira -- December 15th Visit.
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Longtime Indymedia activists Ana Nogueira and Andy Stern are on a  
> national tour
> to show Samidoun, their documentary film and photo-montage of the  
> recent war in
> Lebanon.  This multi-media presentation looks absolutely awesome  
> and we're lucky
> enough to have them coming through Urbana on December 15th.   
> Unfortunately, I
> will be out of state until the night of the 15th or the 16th, so we  
> need someone
> to organize putting on a showing of their work at the IMC.  It  
> would be really
> great to host them.
>
> Let me know or just drop a line to their tour manager, Jen Angel
> <jen at clamormagazine.org>.
>
> I hope someone can do this.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> --Sascha
>
> P.S.  Here's more info:
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Andy Stern and Ana Nogueira
> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:36:02 -0500
> From: Jen Angel <jen at clamormagazine.org>
> To: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>
>
>>>> Jen Angel wrote:
>>>>> Hey Sascha and Faith!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm working with Ana and Andy on a tour in the Midwest of their
>>>>> presentation about their time in Lebanon during the war (the
>>>>> description is below). They have one open day and would LOVE for
>>>>> it to be in Champaign/Urbana. Do you think you could help set
>>>>> something up?
>>>>
>>>> It would be great to have Ana and Andy here!  What date(s) are we
>>>> talking about?  I'm in-and-out of city, state, and country a lot,
>>>> but hopefully we can set up a date when I'm around.
>>>>
>>>> Lemme know,
>>>>
>>>> --Sascha
>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know,
>>>>> Jen Angel
>>>>> 510-910-5627
>>>>> ---
>>>>> *Samidoun: a multi-media journey through the 34 day war in
>>>>> Lebanon and it's aftermath*
>>>>> *By Ana Nogueira and Andrew Stern*
>>>>>
>>>>> Samidoun is a multimedia presentation of the recent war in
>>>>> Lebanon and its aftermath, produced by award-winning independent
>>>>> reporters Ana Nogueira and Andrew Stern. Interweaving still
>>>>> photography, audio and video, Samidoun is a uniquely intimate
>>>>> look at the human cost of this conflict that took the lives of
>>>>> over 1200 people, wounded thousands more, and displaced over one
>>>>> million.
>>>>>
>>>>> Democracy Now! correspondent Ana Nogueira and Redux Pictures
>>>>> photojournalist Andrew Stern traveled to Lebanon while the war
>>>>> raged, but stayed on for five weeks post ceasefire to document
>>>>> the aftermath of the war. Their work takes us to scenes of
>>>>> horrific bombings in the southern suburbs of Beirut to the ruins
>>>>> of Southern Lebanon's Bint Jbail, Aita Chaab and Qana, from
>>>>> tobacco fields littered with Israeli cluster bombs to the oil
>>>>> slicked Lebanese coastline. Featuring interviews with survivors
>>>>> and families of those not so fortunate, Samidoun provides a rare
>>>>> glimpse into the hearts of ordinary people whose lives have been
>>>>> changed forever, and ultimately reveals the steadfast
>>>>> determination of the Lebanese people to survive and rebuild their
>>>>> country in the face of unimaginable violence and national anguish.
>>>>>
>>>>> * Samidoun translates from Arabic to "steadfastness", or "those  
>>>>> who stay."
>>>>>
>>>>> *Andrew Stern *
>>>>>  - Still photographs with audio collage, 23min
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew Stern is a photojournalist committed to documenting
>>>>> critical social and political issues. His compelling imagery has
>>>>> been recognized for the intimate relationship he develops with
>>>>> his subjects, as well as the time he spends to immerse himself in
>>>>> a story. He has photographed in over 20 countries and his award
>>>>> winning work has appeared in The Guardian Weekend Magazine,
>>>>> Readers Digest, Harper's, The New York Times, Internazionale, Die
>>>>> Welt, La Jornada and many other publications both domestically
>>>>> and internationally.  He is also co author of the book/ We Are
>>>>> Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism/
>>>>> (Verso, 2003).  He has recently returned from covering the war in
>>>>> Lebanon and is based in New York City.  For more information,
>>>>> visit www.digitalrailroad.net/astern
>>>>> <http://www.digitalrailroad.net/astern>, www.andrewstern.net
>>>>> <http://www.andrewstern.net/>, or www.weareeverywhere.org
>>>>> <http://www.weareeverywhere.org/>.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Ana Nogueira*
>>>>>  - Video Documentary, 38 min.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ana Nogueira is a television journalist and media activist.  She
>>>>> worked as a producer for Democracy Now! for four years and is now
>>>>> a correspondent for the award winning daily news program.  Ana is
>>>>> also a founder of the New York City Independent Media Center and
>>>>> it's newspaper,/ The Indypendent/.  She has been deeply involved
>>>>> in the growth of the Indymedia Network worldwide, believing that
>>>>> citizen journalism plays a critical role in helping us understand
>>>>> the tumultuous world in which we live.  For more information,
>>>>> visit www.democracynow.org <http://www.democracynow.org/>.
>
> -- 
> Sascha Meinrath
> Executive Director  *  Principal          *  President
> CUWiN              *** The Ethos Group   *** Acorn Active Media
> CUWiN.net           *  EthosWireless.com  *  AcornActiveMedia.com

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