[Peace] One Week Until the IDF Human Right Film Series!

[Jen Tayabji]

AWARE is a cosponsor of this series!
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STARTING NEXT THURSDAY!

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IDF Annual Human Rights Film Series
Fall 2006

7-9pm
First Floor, IDF**

Free Admission and Snacks

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It's time again for our annual Human Rights Film Series! The Human Rights
Film Series is an opportunity for campus and community members to come
together to view and discuss films pertinent to those issues that face us
all. Following each film, there will be a discussion facilitated by a
local campus or community member who has expertise on the topic of the
documentary. The films will be shown using IDF’s newly purchased projector
and large screen. Light snacks and refreshments will be available!

This spring, we have organized an exciting film series that not only
highlights those issues relevant to CU residents, but those to which many
local residents have committed their own life and work. See below for more
information on the film being shown this spring!

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BONHOEFFER

Thursday, October 5 @ 7pm

BONHOEFFER is a documentary that tells the dramatic story of Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, the young German theologian who offered one of the first clear
voices of resistance to Adolf Hitler. Bonhoeffer openly challenged his
church to stand with the Jews in their time of need, and eventually joined
his family in the plots to kill Hitler. His books, like "Letters and
Papers from Prison," were written during the struggle and are considered
classics in the world of religion and ethics.

Rev. James Holiman, campus minister emeritus of IDF, will facilitate the
discussion afterwards.

For more information: http://www.bonhoeffer.com

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IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS

Thursday, October 12 @ 7pm

IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS is the story of what happens to everyday
Americans when corporations go to war. Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald
takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children
who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the
reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between
private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who
allow them to do so.

Robert Naiman, the national coordinator of Just Foreign Policy and a Board
member at IDF, will facilitate the discussion afterwards.

For more information: http://iraqforsale.org

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GHOSTS OF RWANDA

Thursday, October 19 at 7pm

Rwanda was supposed to be easy. Ten years ago, when the United Nations
sent peacekeepers to this small, Central African nation -- with the full
support of the U.S. government -- most of the policy-makers involved
believed it would be a straightforward mission that would help restore the
U.N.'s battered reputation after failures in Bosnia and Somalia. Few could
imagine that, a decade later, Rwanda would be the crisis that still haunts
their souls. GHOSTS OF RWANDA, a special two-hour documentary to mark the
10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide -- a state-sponsored massacre in
which some 800,000 Rwandans were methodically hunted down and murdered by
Hutu extremists as the U.S. and international community refused to
intervene -- examines the social, political, and diplomatic failures that
converged to enable the genocide to occur.

Facilitator TBA.

For more information: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/

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SIR! NO SIR!

Thursday, October 26 @ 7pm

SIR! NO SIR! energetically reveals the untold story of the GI movement to
end the war in Vietnam. This is the story of one of the most vibrant and
widespread upheavals of the 1960s - one that had a profound impact on
American society, yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective
memory of that time. This hidden history combines fast-paced archival
footage with thoughtful interviews, "perfectly timed with new doubts about
the Iraq War."

Facilitator TBA.

For more information: http://www.sirnosir.com

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The IDF would like to thank this semester's cosponsors:  Action Darfur,
Activist Forum, Amnesty International #124, Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort
(AWARE), Coalition Against Coke Contracts, Community United Church of
Christ, Feminist Majority, Jewish Social Justice Network of Champaign
County, Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative, UC Friends Meeting, UC
IMC Steering Group, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War (CU Chapter).

The Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) is a pioneering peace with justice
campus ministry and non-profit organization located on the University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. For more information about the film
series or the IDF, please contact us at (217) 352-8721,
idf at prairienet.org, or visit our website at http://www.prairienet.org/idf.

**The IDF is located at the NW corner of Springfield and Wright streets in
Champaign. It is only 2 blocks from the U of I Quad and on several CU-MTD
bus routes. Limited free parking is available. The film series is
wheelchair accessible.

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Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF)
610 E. Springfield Ave.
Champaign, IL  61820
Office Hours: Mon - Fri from 12-5pm
(217) 352-8721 | idf at prairienet.org
www.prairienet.org/idf