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This film addresses the terrible aftermath of dropping cluster bombs during the secret air war in Laos and the international campaign to ban them. It also examines the problem of unexploded cluster bombs through the personal experiences of a group of Laotians and foreigners and argues for their elimination as a weapon of war. Unfortunately cluster bombs are still a standard part of the U.S. arsenal and were dropped in Kosovo, in Afghanistan, and most recently in Iraq. Print Source Information: Plays with: 
THE CAMBODIA TRUSTDirector: Martijn van Beenen Cambodia is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world, with around 40,000 landmine amputees - and new victims every day. In 2002, more than 2 people every day were killed or injured by landmines or unexploded ordnance. This film is about four people disabled by Cambodia's past, and the help they need to face the future: Saorim, a polio victim; landmine amputees Samnang and Doe; and football-mad Vandet, who was born with one leg. It is about the work of one organization, the Cambodia Trust and what it does, providing mobility, independence and equality for the 'forgotten victims' of conflict and poverty. And it is about hope. Print Source Information: DGA Theater 3
IN WHOSE INTERESTDirector: David Kaplowitz Filmmaker David Kaplowitz takes an eye-opening journey, questioning the effects of U.S. foreign policy over the past 50 years. Revealing a pattern of intervention, the film focuses on Guatemala, Vietnam, East Timor, El Salvador, and Palestine/Israel. Archival footage, photographs and media tidbits are dynamically interwoven with personal eye-witness accounts and commentary from academics - such as Noam Chomsky - religious leaders and politicians. In Whose Interest is informative and disturbingly honest, yet upbeat, with twists of irony and humor. Print Source Information: Plays with:
THE NEW RULERS OF THE WORLDDirector: Alan Lowery In order to examine the true effects of globalization, acclaimed British journalist John Pilger turns the spotlight on Indonesia, a country described by the World Bank as a model pupil until its globalized economy collapsed in 1998. The film examines the use of sweatshop factories by famous brand names, and asks some penetrating questions. Who are the real beneficiaries of the globalized economy? John Pilger goes behind the hype of the new global economy and looks at the new rulers of the world -- the great multinationals and the governments and institutions that back them -- the IMF and the World Bank. Under IMF rules, millions of people throughout the world lose their jobs and livelihood. The reality behind much of modern shopping and the famous brands is a sweatshop economy, which is being duplicated in country after country. The film travels to Indonesia and Washington, asking challenging questions seldom raised in the mainstream media and exposing the scandal of globalization. Print Source Information: DGA Theater 3
THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILLDirector: Stanley Nelson In August of 1955, a 14 year-old black boy from Chicago, unschooled in the racial customs of the south, traveled to Mississippi to visit relatives. With adolescent bravado, he whistled at a white woman. Three nights later, Emmett Till was abducted, beaten, and shot through the head. His mangled body later surfaced in the muddy waters of the Tallahatchie River. The murder of Emmett Till shook America, and opened a window on the deep social divisions of the 1950s. The case, which ended in the acquittal of Till's two known assailants, became an international case. When tens of thousands of Americans rallied against injustice, the Till case proved to be the first spark for the American civil rights movement. Some who lived the story of the Till case are still alive. Print Source Information: Plays with: 
FUELING THE FIREDirector: Tanja Mairitsch Late at night at a gas station people from all walks of life intersect. A murder is witnessed from three different points of view. All observers are convinced of what they saw yet they are left with completely different judgments. Who saw the truth? What is truth? Fueling the Fire takes the audience on a journey into the complex nature of human perception. Also screens Saturday, May 31, 9:00 pm.Print Source Information: |
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