-------------------------------------------------------- http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=ZOPERIXIDBPILFHIOBCC Come to a screening of VOICES OF DISSENT Host: Karil Daniels Location: New College of California 766 Valencia St. (near 19th St, ), AL View Map When: Thursday, March 23, 7:00pm Please join us for a special benefit screening of VOICES OF DISSENT: ACTIVISM & AMERICAN DEMOCRACY featuring many of your favorite progressive activists: Martin Sheen, Woody Harrelson, Michael Franti, Al Franken, Medea Benjamin, Daniel Ellsberg, Will Durst, Jim Hightower, Norman Solomon, Joan Blades, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and many more. Talk with filmmaker Karil Daniels after the screening to explore ways to oppose Bush and protect authentic democracy. Get energized, get motivated, get involved! Using events, theatre, song, dance, comedy, satire, music, poetry, interviews with well-known personalities and the wisdom of our country's founders, VOICES reminds us of our roots and the importance of protecting authentic democracy. It challenges anyone who would limit the freedoms and civil liberties granted in the Constitution and Bill of Rights as fundamentally un-American, even if they are our own leaders. It inspires viewers to speak out to defend and protect our heritage of democracy, before we lose it. This 42-minute documentary has been honored at 8 film festivals. Admission: $8 General, $4 Students/Seniors Event co-sponsored by New College Center for Education & Social Action. The film is a sponsored project of the Film Arts Foundation. Please tell your friends and and help us get the word out. See an 8-minute trailer at: http://www.VoicesOfDissent.us/video/VODTrailer1.mpg Download the poster/flyer artwork: http://www.VoicesOfDissent.us/VOICES_poster_flyer.html Please post and distribute it widely. For more details, or to get a VHS/DVD copy, go to http://www.VoicesOfDissent.us Cost: $19.95 + tax & p/h. Great for house parties and grass roots organizing. VOICES OF DISSENT explores * Patriot Act conflicts with the Constitution and Bill of Rights * Various forms of political activism and dissent, from theater, comedy and group actions, to personal acts of defiance * Shocking police brutality against peaceful anti-war marchers and the resulting injuries and public hearing into the police violence * Memorable quotes from past presidents and other widely respected public figures about the nature of dissent and freedom in a true democracy * The wild and wonderful creativity of dissenters at anti-war rallies and a wide range of imaginative acts of resistance. If you'd like to get more involved, we welcome your talent and energy. Karil Daniels is a long-time activist film/video maker and member of the Board of Directors of Bay Area Women in Film and Television. Her past films, on health alternatives, waterbirth, ecology & environment, women's issues, sustainability and the arts, have won a total of 30 festival awards. Contact info: Karil Daniels * 415-821-0435 * •••@••.••• -- -------------------------------------------------------- Escaping the Matrix website http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal website http://cyberjournal.org blog: cyberjournal forum http://cyberjournal-rkm.blogspot.com/ blog: Achieving real democracy http://harmonization.blogspot.com/ blog: for readers of ETM http://matrixreaders.blogspot.com/ blog: Community Empowerment http://empowermentinitiatives.blogspot.com/ Blogger made easy http://quaylargo.com/help/ezblogger.html subscribe cyberjournal list mailto:•••@••.••• Posting archives http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?lists=newslog ___________________________________________ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
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