Friday, JULY 30, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “THE IRATE BIRDWATCHER”
(54 min, Robert and Kathy Chrestensen, 2009)
...JOIN US FOR THE LAST FILM OF A GREAT SEASON!
It's all about wilderness preservation … told in the inspiring words of Harvey Manning – the irate birdwatcher. Follow the legendary Northwest writer and conservationist as he discovers the beauty of Washington’s wildest places, and the need to stand up and fight for their very survival. This is Harvey’s story about this state’s unique wilderness … his deep passion for it, his years of ramblings as an avid backpacker and climber, and his own personal crusade to preserve and protect it for future generations.
Honorable Mention for Creative Approach, 6th Annual Montana CINE International Film Festival .
Guests for the evening will include TOM HAMMOND, from the American Alps Legacy Project: www.americanalps.org
JOE BRESKIN and JOHN NELSON, will be playing guitar music from the film, before the film starts this evening.
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(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, JUNE 25, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: "BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER"
(106 min, Chris Bell, 2008)
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. We reward speed, size and above all else: winning – at sport, at business and at war. Metaphorically we are a nation on steroids. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Blending comedy and pathos, Bigger, Stronger, Faster is a collision of pop culture and first-person narrative, with a diverse cast including US Congressmen, professional athletes, medical experts and everyday gym rats. At its heart, this is the story of director Christopher Bell and his two brothers, who grew up idolizing muscular giants like Hulk Hogan, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and who went on to become members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream. When you discover that your heroes have all broken the rules, do you follow the rules, or do you follow your heroes? 
Download the Flyer here: COLOR or B&W - Please help us get the word out. Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, MAY 28, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “AN UNREASONABLE MAN – RALPH NADER”
(122 minutes, Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan, 2006)         
Ralph Nader is without a doubt one of the most passionate and determined personalities of our time. Loved, hated, respected and feared. Nader has had more impact on our daily lives than most presidents. Now, this first-hand account takes you behind his groundbreaking consumer advocacy campaigns and contested presidential runs. An Unreasonable man shows why Nader continues to be one of the most unique and important American political figures of our time.
Download the flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, MAY 14, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Note special Start Time)
“TRANSITION FRIDAY”!
TOPIC: A TRANSITION FOCUS ON ENERGY - PART 2
A Series of Great Short Films on Energy Descent and Meaningful Energy Alternatives: Chris Martenson's "CRASH COURSE", "THE POWER DOWN SHOW", and others.
With:
Leo Brodie: TRANSITION SEATTLE
Cathy Tuttle: SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD
Christy Nordstrom: SEATTLE RENEWABLE ENERGY MEET-UP
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
SALISH SEA MARITIME EXCHANGE
WALLINGFORD SOLAR
EOS ALLIANCE
...and numerous other guests!
Take a hard look at the inevitable intersection of Peak Oil, Global Climate Change, and an Unsustainable Economy. It's not all bad. In fact, it's a golden opportunity!
Please come early (6:30PM), for informal conversation with groups currently working on local alternative energy solutions!
... Film begins at 7:00 PM. Join us for a facilitated Community Discussion following the film.
Please help us get the word out: - download the flyer here: Color or B&W. Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, April 23, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “GONZO – LIFE OF HUNTER S. THOMPSON”
(2008 min, Alex Gibney, 120 min)
From the producer of “Taxi to the Dark Side”, “Enron: the smartest guys in the room”, and “Money-Driven Medicine” comes a bio of the eccentric “Gonzo Journalist”. In examining Thompsons amazing life the film covers his career from sixties counterculture to the dirty tricks behind the ’72 presidential election and his “Battle of Aspen” Freak Power campaign for Sheriff in a parochial small town . We hear from a wide range of his acquaintances including Sonny Barger, Jimmy Carter, Ed Muskie, Pat Buchanan, Tom Wolfe and many more.
Please join us for a facilitated conversation following the film!
Download the flyer HERE. -Please help us get the word out! Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, April 9, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PM
“TRANSITION FRIDAY”!
FILM: "COAL COUNTRY"
85 min, Phylis Geller and Mari-Lynn Evans, 2009
A TRANSITION FOCUS ON ENERGY - PART 1 …with COOLMOM.ORG, THE SIERRA CLUB, & EARTH MINISTRY;
and: TRANSITION SEATTLE, & SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD! 
Come early at 6:30 PM for informal conversation with our guests!
(Film starts promptly at 7:00 PM).
“TRANSITION FRIDAYS”: COME JOIN US FOR AN EVENING FOCUSED ON POSITIVE SOLUTIONS AT A VERY LOCAL LEVEL - EVERY 2ND FRIDAY!   
TRANSITION ENERGY POINTS FOR THE EVENING:
1) We're addicted to fossil fuels, our source is drying up, and we need to kick the habit. We are close to or already past peaks for all fossil fuels.
2) We need to employ the energy we have left to build a Transition bridge to a clean energy future.
The documentary film, COAL COUNTRY, is a dramatic look at modern coal mining. We get to know working miners along with activists who are battling coal companies in Appalachia. We hear from miners and coal company officials, who are concerned about jobs and the economy and believe they are acting responsibly in bringing power to the American people. Both sides in this conflict claim that history is on their side.
But what are the real issues re: energy. We need to understand the meaning behind promises of “cheap energy” and “clean coal.” Are they achievable? At what cost? And what are the true alternatives for our energy future?
FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN A POSITIVE, LOCAL ENERGY FUTURE! JOIN US in an open discussion on building a bridge to a clean energy future: solar, wind, geothermal, local Community Supported Energy collectives, and more.
Come learn about the campaign by THE SIERRA CLUB, in partnership with COOLMOM.ORG, to put pressure on Governor Gregoire to close the TransAlta Coal Power Plant in Chehalis. This plant produces 20% of Washington's electricity and is our state’s single biggest source of carbon dioxide, mercury and nitrogen oxide emissions.
A TRANSITION FOCUS ON ENERGY - PART 2 will be on Friday, May 11
Download flyers here: Color B&W - Please help us get the word out! Thanks!
More information at:
Sustainable Wallingford: http://greenwallingford.ning.com/
Transition Seattle: http://transitionseattle.com/
CoolMom: http://www.coolmom.org/coalfreeWA
The Sierra Club : www.coalfreewashington.org
Earth Ministry: http://earthministry.org/
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, April 2, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: "SHOVELING WATER: WAR ON DRUGS, WAR ON PEOPLE" (24 min, WFP, 2009)
With representatives from WITNESS FOR PEACE,
And A Report Back From Recent Colombia Delegations
“SHOVELING WATER” is a journey to the heart of coca country in Colombia where U.S. tax dollars have financed chemical spraying of the Amazon for the past nine years in the ‘War On Drugs’.
Hear first hand testimony from people on the ground about the impacts and learn new ideas about how to solve this deadly problem.  
PLUS A SHORT FEATURE (13 min) examining extrajudicial killings at the hands of the U.S.-funded Colombian military.  Since 2000, the U.S. government has provided nearly $5 billion in military and police funding to Colombia. Despite claims of an improved human rights record, thousands of civilians have been killed by this U.S.-funded military in recent years. Typical of human rights abuses in Colombia, there are astoundingly high rates of impunity for these killings.
DISPLACEMENT IN COLOMBIA: With nearly five million Colombians forcibly displaced from their homes by a debilitating war, Colombia is now the second worst internal displacement crisis in the world.  Between now and April 30, tens of thousands across the U.S. and Colombia will participate in this year’s National Days of Action for Colombia to call for a much-needed shift in U.S. policies toward the war-torn country. 
NATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION FOR COLOMBIA: Forty displaced Colombians have shared with us their powerful photos and harrowing stories of what it means to be displaced.  Student, church, and community groups are coming together as part of the National Days of Action for Colombia to assemble the photos and statements into poignant portraits.
REGIONAL ORGANIZER, COLETTE COSNER, will facilitate a "FACE THE DISPLACED" gathering at Meaningful Movies, and attendees will take part in the creation of these powerful displays to be displaced later this month.
For more information on what Witness for Peace is doing, and how to get involved, please go to: www.witnessforpeace.org/northwest
Join us for a discussion with WFP on the real story in Colombia.
Download the Flyer: Color or B&W. Please help us get the word out. Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 26, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: "HAITI: KILLING THE DREAM"
(52 min, Babeth,Katherine Kean, Hart Perry, & Rudy Stern, 1993)
Also featured will be a recent segment from Democracy Now! that showcases the film and discusses the current situation.
The film starts with a background on Haiti's tragic history from the original Slave uprising in 1791 and focuses on the election of President Jean Bertrand Aristide and subsequent military coup of September 30, 1991 under suspicion of U.S. involvement. The program is narrated by Ossie Davis and along with local scenery and music includes interviews with the exiled Aristide, his cabinet, dissident clergy, underground resistance leaders, U.S. State Department officials, and a cross-section of Haitian people. 
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, March 19, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 PM
Film: “JANG AUR AMAN” (WAR AND PEACE)
(Anand Patwardhan, 2002) - Doors open at 6:30PM with delicious homemade food from India and Pakistan. Film starts at 7.
Our guests this evening are Prashant Nema, Srijan Chakraborty, Srinivas Akula, Rajeswari Harikrishnan from India, and Mona Akmal from Pakistan. Mona is the cocreator of Dreamfly, a non-profit organization that builds schools in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.

JANG AUR AMAN begins and ends with the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi. While exposing the danger of nuclear war on the Indian subcontinent it derives power and emotional appeal from the growing movement for peace both in India and in Pakistan.
"The film itself is a tour de force, beautifully shot and often darkly funny and much more riveting than the dry subject matter might suggest."
-The Guardian, UK
"War and Peace" has a riveting intelligence all its own and earns its epic title. -The New York Times
“We should listen to our voices of dissent for our own sake and for the sake of our children and their children. War and Peace is that voiceʼs most eloquent expression. Which is why it should be seen by everyone everywhere. In schools, in colleges, in factories, on television”
-The Times of India
"Perhaps the most important film in this year's Berlin Film Festival" -Reuters

A LITTLE ABOUT THE FILMMAKER, ANAND PATWARDHAN...
“To put it simply, Patwardhan, who turns sixty this February, is India's best-known and most respected documentary filmmaker. It has taken him an acute intelligence, an exceptional social conscience and more than three decades of solid hard work on several fronts to reach that position. But he is admired across the subcontinent and beyond also as a fearless and indefatigable activist; a whistle-blower who spends a large part of his time writing and speaking and organizing protest. -- Vidyarthy Chatterjee IMDb February 2010
Download the Flyer HERE!
More on the film and filmmaker: Here
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
“TRANSITION FRIDAY”!
Film: "IN TRANSITION 1.0 - FROM OIL DEPENDENCE TO LOCAL RESILIENCE" (49 min, Emma Goude, 2009), and a few short films
…WITH LEO BRODIE FROM TRANSITION SEATTLE, AND CATHY TUTTLE FROM SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD. 
“TRANSITION FRIDAYS”: COME JOIN US FOR AN EVENING FOCUSED ON POSITIVE SOLUTIONS AT A VERY LOCAL LEVEL - EVERY 2ND FRIDAY!   
IN TRANSITION is the first detailed film about the Transition movement filmed by those that know it best, those who are making it happen on the ground. The Transition movement is about communities around the world responding to peak oil and climate change with creativity, imagination and humor, and setting about rebuilding their local economies and communities.  It is positive, solutions focused, viral and fun.
We live at a fascinating point in history. The convergence of challenges, most particularly global warming and peak oil, have brought us to a point where we are profoundly challenged to act. The scale of the challenge is huge, and the obstacles are plenty.  But something very powerful is stirring and is taking root the world over.  There is an emerging energy to succeed, a sense of quickening, and an exhilaration in talking and listening to each other once again, to visioning what we want and then rolling up our sleeves and starting to co-create it. People are choosing life and are manifesting that in their lives and their communities.
Facilitated discussion on the Transition Initiative forllowing the film.
Download the Flyer HERE! (Black & White HERE)
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted

Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “ON PAPER WINGS” (67 min, Ilana Sol, , 2008)
...With the Filmmaker, ILANA SOL!
In the spring of 1945, a Japanese balloon bomb claimed the lives of the only people killed on the continental U.S. as the result of enemy action during WWII. Forty years later, the decision to fold a thousand paper cranes would unite the Japanese and American civilians who were involved in and affected by this incident. “On Paper Wings“ is the story of four Japanese women who worked on balloon bombs, the families of those killed in the U.S., and the man whose actions brought them all together forty years after WWII, and the balloon bomb project.
jOIN US FOR A FASCINATING DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE FILM!
Download the Flyer HERE!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted)

Sunday, FEBRUARY 14, 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Followup Special Event To Start: SENIOR COHOUSING, AND OTHER OPTIONS FOR AGING IN YOUR COMMUNITY - STUDY SESSION #1 BEGINS
LOCATION: Northeast Library, 35th Ave NE & NE 68th Street, Seattle
INTRODUCTION WAS HELD JANUARY 31st. BUT YOU CAN STILL JOIN THE FIRST WORK SESSION. THIS WILL CONTINUE EVERY 2 WEEKS FOR A TOTAL OF 10 SESSIONS. ...Please Come Join Us!
Envision your future lifestyle; discover the right solution for you!  Join this newly formed, self-directed study group for ongoing exploration and discussion. FREE!  Presented by: SEATTLE AIC.  
Study Sessions Include:
SESSION ONE: What is your Aging Scenario? - Are we in denial? - Sun, Feb14
SESSION TWO: Group Process: Working Together - Sun, Feb 28
SESSION THREE: The Realities of Getting Older - Sun, Mar 14
SESSION FOUR: Co-care and Outside Care - Sun, Mar 28
SESSION FIVE: Staying Healthy through Community - To Be Scheduled
SESSION SIX: The Economics of Getting Older
SESSION SEVEN: Philosophy, Spirituality, and Mortality
SESSION EIGHT: What do we have to offer the world? Growing into elderhood.
SESSION NINE: Risk and Responsibility
SESSION TEN: Case studies, fieldtrips: Looking at Communities
SEATTLE AGING IN COMMUNITY is an independent group of Seattle area individuals exploring possibilities for active, enriching community based aging.  
Download the flyer HERE
For More Info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleAIC

SESSION 1 STARTS
FEB 14th

Friday, January 22, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “MAGGIE GROWLS”
(56 min, Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater, 2003)
“Speak your mind - even if your voice shakes, for well aimed slingshots can topple giants.”  - Maggie Kuhn.
MAGGIE GROWLS is a documentary film portrait of the amazing, canny, lusty, charming and unstoppable Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995), who founded the Gray Panthers in 1970 after being forced to retire from a job she loved. Her outrage and determination fueled a political chain reaction that forever changed the lives of older Americans, repealing mandatory retirement laws and proving that "old" is not a dirty word.
With a disarming mixture of humor, shock value and common sense, Maggie went on to champion universal health care, nursing home reform, shared housing and consumer protection.  Out of what political activist Ralph Nader called "the most significant retirement in modern American history," Maggie created one of the most potent social movements of the century - one that was committed to justice, peace and fairness to all, regardless of age.
Join us following the film for a community discussion on active, vivacious aging; intergenerational connections and future living options such as Co-Housing: both Senior & Intergenerational.
download the flyer HERE!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted

Today through Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:00PM and again at 9:00PM
...continuing at Northwest Film Forum
“THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD”
(NOTE: These screenings will NOT BE AT KEYSTONE)
Location: The Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave (between Pike & Pine).
The Meaningful Movies Project will be helping support this screening for The 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION of WTO SEATTLE 1999 , along with Northwest Film Forum (www.nwfilmforum.org), KBCS 91.3fm (www.kbcs.fm), Reclaim The Media (www.reclaimthemedia.org) and the Seattle+10 Organizing Committee (www.seattleplus10.org).
the Yes Men ...Crusaders For Justice Against the Cult of Corporate Greed!  
Who knew fixing the world could be so much fun?
“THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD” (87 min, Andy Bichlbaum & Mike Bonanno, 2009) follows the political prankster group through a number of hilarious impersonations of some of the world's biggest corporations. In addition to covering the Yes Men's daring hoaxes, the film investigates and attacks the worship of the free market that has led so many corporations and government agencies to put profits above people. It ends with a rousing call to action, to give Obama the pressure he'll need to do what we've elected him for.
While the absurdity of their actions may amuse, THE YES MEN have a serious point to make: ...business as usual is no longer acceptable.
“Comedic vigilante justice… Media savvy pie-to-the-face.” -USA Today.
Friday’s event is a fundraiser to help support the Seattle+10 Week of Action.
For more information on the WTO 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, go to:
http://seattleplus10.org/
DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE.
For tickets: www.nwfilmforum.org or www.brownpapertickets.org
CHECK OUT THE YES MEN'S LATEST ACTION!:
"The Yes Men Pull Off Prank Claiming US Chamber of Commerce Had Changed Its Stance on Climate Change":
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/20/yes_men_pull_off_prank_claiming
Also: AN AFTERPARTY at Hidmo, 2000 S Jackson St (20th and Jackson)

Friday, November 27, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: "MALL R US" (78 min, Helene Klodawsky, 2009)
(This will be screened at our regular venue at Keystone.)
In recognition of BUY NOTHING DAY.
Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, MALLS R US examines North America's most popular and profitable suburban destination-the enclosed shopping center-and how for consumers they function as a communal, even ceremonial experience and, for retailers, sites where their idealism, passion and greed merge.
MALLS R US discusses the psychological appeal of malls to consumers, how architects design their environments to combine consumerism with nature and spectacle, how suburban shopping centers impart social values, how malls are transforming the traditional notions of community, social space and human interaction, and shows nostalgic mall fans who commemorate the closing of older malls.
DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE.
November 27th is “BUY NOTHING DAY.”
For more info: http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Double Feature:
“NO LOGO - BRANDS, GLOBALIZATION & RESISTANCE”
(40 min, Sut Jhally, 2003)
Coming up on November 27th, is the heaviest shopping day of the year. It's also "Buy Nothing Day" (celebrated on the 28th in the UK) ...a moratorium against consumerism. A 24 hour detox!
In the age of the brand, logos are everywhere. But why do some of the world's best-known brands find themselves on the wrong end of the spray paint can -- the targets of anti-corporate campaigns by activists and protesters?
Based on the best-selling book by Canadian journalist and activist Naomi Klein, reveals the reasons behind the backlash against the increasing economic and cultural reach of multinational companies. Analyzing how brands like Nike, The Gap, and Tommy Hilfiger became revered symbols worldwide, Klein argues that globalization is a process whereby corporations discovered that profits lay not in making products (outsourced to low-wage workers in developing countries), but in creating branded identities people adopt in their lifestyles.
...AND:
“ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD”
(46 min, Sut Jhally, 1997)
Focusing directly on the world of commercial images, the film asks some basic questions about the cultural messages emanating from this market-based view of the world: Do our present arrangements deliver what they claim -- happiness and satisfaction? Can we think about our collective as well as our private interests? And, can we think long-term as well as short-term?
Making the connection between society's high-consumption lifestyle and the coming environmental crisis, Jhally forces us to evaluate the physical and material costs of the consumer society and how long we can maintain our present level of production.
Download the flyer HERE
More info on "Buy Nothing Day" on Nov 27th: http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/ and https://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 6, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “MONEY AS DEBT II …Promises Unleashed ”
(77 min, Paul Grignon, 2008)
The sequel to Money as Debt, the animated exposé of our debt-money system. Bailouts, stimulus packages, debt piled upon debt, where will it all end? How did we get into a situation where there has never been more material wealth & productivity and yet everyone is in debt to bankers? And now, all of a sudden, the bankers have no money and we the taxpayers, have to rescue them by going even further into debt! Money as Debt II Explores the baffling, fraudulent and destructive arithmetic of the money system that holds us hostage to a forever growing DEBT...and how w might evolve beyond it into a new era.
Download the flyer HERE
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 30, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “RETHINK AFGHANISTAN”
(81 min, Robert Greenwald, 2009)
RETHINK AFGHANISTAN focuses on the key issues surrounding this war. Diverse testimony, including a segment presenting many women of Afghanistan, covers both problems and solutions, while graphic footage of civilian casualties from U.S. air strikes illustrates why military force is ineffective at solving Afghanistan's many problems. Hear from veterans of the war as they testify to Congress about facts on the ground.
Download the flyer HERE.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:00 PM
SPECIAL EVENT!! ...Please Support This
BENEFIT SHOWING OF THE FILM: "BROKEN RAINBOW" for the BIG MOUNTAIN 18TH ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE
LOCATION: Keystone Church 5019 Keystone Place North, Wallingford
Film: “BROKEN RAINBOW” (70 minutes, Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, 1985, with a 2006 update)
BROKEN RAINBOW presents a moving account of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajo Indians that is currently taking place in Northern Arizona.  The United States government claims that by moving the Navajo off the land, it is settling a long standing territorial dispute between the Navajo and the Hope Tribes.  To the traditional Navajo and Hopi, there is no dispute.  They believe relocation was designed to facilitate energy development.
Beautifully photographed and scored, Broken Rainbow captures the majesty of sacred Indian lands, and the devastating effect that mining, forced relocation and stock reduction has had on the land and its people.  Broken Rainbow speaks for all indigenous people who are struggling  to survive as individuals and as distinct cultures in the face of the Earth herself, as it has become impossible in America today to separate environment issues from Native American survival.
$10 Suggested Donation - Refreshments Served.
This is a benefit show to support the 18th annual food supply run providing aid to families resisting forced relocation from their ancestral homelands on Black Mesa and Big Mountain, Arizona.
DOWNLOAD THE FLYER: HERE
MORE INFO ON BIG MESA: HERE
...MEANINGFUL MOVIES will be assisting with the screening.

Friday, September 18, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE”
(54 min, Gary Weimberg, Catherine Ryan, 2007)
AN EVENING DEDICATED TO THE REALITIES OF MILITARY RECRUITING - With representatives from Washington Truth In Recruiting (WATiR) 
…Could you kill another human being?  for your nation? …even if your life depended on it?    SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE is a dramatic window on the dilemma of individual U.S. soldiers in the current Iraq War – when their finger is on the trigger and another human being is in their gun-sight.  Made with cooperation from the U.S. Army and narrated by Peter Coyote, the film profiles eight American soldiers, including four who decide not to kill, and become conscientious objectors; and four who believe in their duty to kill if necessary. The film reveals all of them wrestling with the morality of killing in war, not as a philosophical problem, but as soldiers experience it - a split-second decision in combat that can never be forgotten or undone. In SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE, filmmakers Weimberg and Ryan present an unflinching portrait of the mental and emotional burdens carried by soldiers through their own personal stories. 
Please join us for an informative evening with Washington Truth in Recruiting on current recruiting practices in our high schools.  WATiR provides factual information to school personnel, parents, students, and members of the community regarding issues of recruiter access to students, deceptive recruiting practices, military contracts and their limitations, the use of military materials including aptitude tests in the schools, and the rights of students and parents to limit recruiter access to personal information, what recruiters don't tell you about military service, and the broader issues of militarization of our public schools.
…ALSO: The Short Film: “BEFORE YOU ENLIST”
(14 min, AFSC, 2006)          
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. - Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

FOLLOWUP:
COUNTER-RECRUITING RESOURCES
AFSC Youth & Militarism Campaign - www.afsc.org/Youth&Militarism/
Before You Enlist (video) - www.beforeyouenlist.org
IVAW Truth In Recruiting Campaign - www.ivaw.org/truth
Leave My Child Alone - www.leavemychildalone.org
Shut Down the Army Experience! - www.shutdowntheaec.net
The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth - www.nnomy.org

Saturday, September 12, 2009, 6:30 PM
SPECIAL EVENT!!
LETTUCE LINK OUTDOOR MOVIE
AT MARRA FARM: “WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?”
Marra Farm 9026 4th Avenue S (South Park Neighborhood) Bus Routes #: 60, 131, 132 & 134. (<<NOTE LOCATION)
Help support Lettuce Link projects - Giving Garden & Children’s gardening education at Marra Farm, city-wide Fruit Tree Harvesting, Urban Growing and Giving - and watch a cool new flick about kids and food politics.
6:30 PM: Welcome, tour of farm & light refreshments. Dusk: Movie begins.
Price: $15 ticket price includes tour of farm, refreshments and movie.  BONUS: First 20 people to purchase their ticket will get a Lettuce Link canvas tote bag. Come early, bring blankets and enjoy the show.  
The film: “WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?” - The documentary film about kids and food politics… We are, for the first time in our history, at the unenviable moment when our unhealthy diet and lack of education surrounding our food supply, has combined to foment the perfect storm that is taking us toward extinction. If we do not change what we feed our children and teach them about their food supply and the symbiotic relationship between a healthy planet, healthy food and healthy bodies - this path will become a reality.
It's an 11-year-old's take of Omnivore's Dilemma in a film for people to really be able to take it in bite sized pieces and understand it. – Debra Eschmeyer, of the National Farm to School Network and the Center for Food & Justice
Questions contact: Teresa Mares – tmares@u.washington.edu or Anna Ramos - annar@solid-ground.org
To purchase tickets & for more information: www.solid-ground.org/News/OutdoorMovie
...MEANINGFUL MOVIES will be assisting with the screening
FLYER AVAILABLE HERE! - Bring your friends! - Go To the MAP HERE!

Friday, September 11, 2009, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Film: “HEROES FRAGILES” (87 min, Emilio Pacull, 2007) …CHILE’S 9/11. With special guests COMITÉ DE JUSTICIA Y SOLIDARIDAD EN CHILE   
Through historic footage and amazingly candid modern day interviews with principals on both sides of the issue at the time, HEROES FRAGILES presents the events of the Chilean Military Coup d’état that removed democratically elected Socialist President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973, and installed dictator Augusto Pinochet.  The event is a classic illustration of the extreme difficulty of maintaining a democratic system in the face of wealthy and powerful forces exerting influence on military and media. 
The Chilean Coup was also an iconic expose: of US foreign policy driving covert intervention that resulted in the destruction of a fledgling democracy, and how the motivations behind that policy were a mix of the fear of Communist expansion and the promotion of US corporate interests in the third world.   Please join us following the film for a facilitated community discussion with The Seattle Committee of Solidarity and Justice in Chile, a group of Chilean individuals that came to the U.S. as political exiles in the late 70's. Their main goal now is to inform, educate, and create awareness among the community, and assure that people's rights are respected.   
Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. - Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

FOLLOWUP: If you would like to get involved with Human Rights issues in Chile, please contact The Seattle Committee of Solidarity and Justice in Chile at: bmendoza52@hotmail.com

Friday, July 24, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: “BACK TO THE GARDEN, FLOWER POWER COMES FULL CIRCLE” (70 min, Kevin Tomlinson, 2009)
WITH THE DIRECTOR, KEVIN TOLINSON
...Where have all the flower children gone?
In 1988, Kevin Tomlinson asked himself that question. At a large “Healing Gathering” in rural Washington State, he interviewed a group of back-to-the-land Hippies who were thriving in the eighties—independent of the culture
that had forgotten them.
Almost 20 years later, in 2006, Tomlinson sought out his subjects again to find out what had become of their off-grid, backcountry families, searching for environmental utopia while living out their sixties’ ideals.  Most of all, he wanted to find out whether their country dreams of a better life had held together—or did they return to the mainstream as many had in the nineties?  The adventure that followed speaks to all of us who were affected by the counterculture. These aging back-to-the-land hippies and their tribal families, firmly insulated from global economic shocks and living a lifestyle emphasizing sustainability, simplicity and community, heralded a resurrection of alternative values which presage today’s green movement, and now seems wiser than ever. More info on the film: http://www.backtothegardenfilm.com/
Join us in a facilitated discussion with the Director, Kevin Tomlinson!
Please download the flyer and distribute if you can:
http://meaningfulmovies.org/images/Flyers/Back_To_The_Garden_Flyer.pdf
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

SATURDAY, July 18, 11:00 AMto 4:00 PMPM
2009 SHORELINE SOLAR FILM FESTIVAL
...JOIN MEANINGFUL MOVIES at the 6th ANNUAL SHORELINE SOLARFEST
On the campus of Meridian Park School, 17077 Meridian Ave N, Shoreline WA 98133, (Corner of N 175th and Meridian Avenue N, just one block West of I-5 exit #176)  More info on the Festival: http://www.shorelinesolar.org/
DOWNLOAD OUR FLYER HERE.
Please help us get the word out.

FILM 1: “THE HISTORY OF OIL” - 11:00 AM
(46 min, Robert Newman, 2007)
Everything you need to know about war, peace, propaganda, the origins of WWI, WWII, Peak Oil, The War on Iraq, The War on Iran and the Western Crusade for Middle Eastern Democracy, all delivered at locomotive speed by British stand-up comic/sage Robert Newman. Filmed live on the bicycle-powered stage in London, Mr. Newman delivers a rapid-fire  political-historical enema that lets you laugh as you learn the truth about everything. Mr. Newman is highly praised producer of the CDs “Apoclypso Now”, “From Caliban to the Taliban” and “Resistance is Fertile”. His critically acclaimed best-selling third novel, “The Fountain at the Center of the Universe”, is about loss and hope, identity and belief, assassination and passport-theft, set around the world from refugee detention centers to a Welsh trawler to tropical disease hospitals to the Seattle WTO protests, tear gas and rubber bullets. The NY Times has described Robert Newman as Tom Wolfe inside the head of Noam Chomsky. “Newman's is a kind of Revolutionary Renaissance stand-up and it is absolutely wonderful. His comedy probably has more constituent parts than any other comic's, and the whole is still greater than the sum of those parts. Firstly he is very, very funny. He can be witty, satirical and surreal in turn, and every so often will pull out a brilliant impression, just to remind us that he has more strings to his comedic bow than are attached to a World Bank loan.” - FIVE STARS The Scotsman Monday 8/15/05 (commenting on “Apocolypso Now”).
FILM 2: “KILOWATT OURS” - 12:30 PM
(65 min, Jeff Barrie, 2004)
KILOWATT OURS reveals the underreported side effects resulting from America’s voracious appetite for coal-generated electricity, and alternatives that give hope for the future.
Q: What would you find if you traced the wires from your light switch to the energy source?
A: Mountain top removal? global warming? childhood asthma? … or hope?
Vice President Dick Cheney, in his well-known energy policy speech of April 30, 2001, claimed that America must build 1900 new power plants by 2020. That is one new power plant per week for the next two decades in order to meet projected electricity demands. “KILOWATT OURS” challenges this assertion by presenting hope filled alternatives based on conservation, efficiency and renewable power.
FILM 3: “BLIND SPOT” - 2:00 PM
(86 min, Adolfo Doring,  2008)
BLIND SPOT is a documentary that investigates the causes behind the reasons for the current crisis we find ourselves in. It establishes the inextricable link between the energy we use, the way we run our economy and the effect it has had on our environment. It takes as a starting point the inevitable energy depletion scenario know as Peak Oil to inform us that by whatever measure of greed, wishful thinking, neglect or ignorance, we are at a crossroad which offers two paths, both with dire consequences. If we continue to burn fossil fuels our ecology will collapse and if we don’t, our economy will. Either path we choose to take will have a profound effect on our way of life.
"Blind Spot is a fascinating documentary, it draws on some of the most impressive scientific minds to warn us about the dangers of our dependence on oil and educate us about our role in saving the earth and the lives of our children. I was transfixed by it."  -Howard Zinn

Friday, July 17, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: RESISTANCE & REPRESSION IN AN AGE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" (Kembrew McLeod & Jeremy Smith, 60 min, 2007)
WITH STEVEN REISLER, CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
In 1998, university professor Kembrew McLeod (Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa) trademarked the phrase "freedom of expression" - a startling comment on the way that intellectual property law restricts creativity and expression of ideas. This provocative and amusing documentary explores the battles being waged in courts, classrooms, museums, film studios, and the Internet over control of our cultural commons. "This smartly-made and seriously funny documentary provides an aerial view of the battleground that is today's copyright landscape. Illustrating the comments of many well-known critics of runaway copyright & trademark law with apt audiovisual examples, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION succeeds as an engaging and concrete presentation." - Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law.
Download the flyer HERE! Please post if you can.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, June 26, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: “THE GREAT SQUEEZE”
(67 min, Christophe Fauchere, 2009)
And a Special Film Short: “GLOBAL WARMING”
With the film's producer and director, Damon O’Grady
THE GREAT SQUEEZE explores our current ecological and economic crisis stemming from our dependence on cheap and abundant energy. Although our actions for the past 150 years have lifted our civilization to new heights, it has come at a tremen`dous price. We are now at a point where humanity's demands for natural resources far exceed the earth's capacity to sustain us. The extraction and the consumption of these resources in the past two centuries have changed our climate and ecosystems so significantly, that a new geological era had to be created.
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(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 1, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM
“UN POQUITO DE TANTA VERDAD” (93 MIN, Jill Irene Freidberg, 2007) With the Filmmaker, Jill Freidberg
From the producer of “Granita de Arena” &  “This Is What Democracy Looks Like." When the people of Oaxaca decided they’d had enough of bad government, they didn’t take their story to the media...they TOOK the media.
In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Some compared it to the Paris Commune, while others called it the first Latin American revolution of the 21st century. But it was the people’s use of the media that truly made history in Oaxaca. A 90-minute documentary, A LITTLE BIT OF SO MUCH TRUTH captures the unprecedented media phenomenon that emerged when tens of thousands of school teachers, housewives, indigenous communities, health workers, farmers, and students took 14 radio stations and one TV station into their own hands, using them to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice. After spending two years in Oaxaca, producing her previous film, Granito de Arena, Freidberg returned to Oaxaca, in 2006, to tell the story of the people who put their lives on the line to give a voice to their struggle. Narrated almost entirely with recordings from the occupied media outlets, A LITTLE BIT OF SO MUCH TRUTH delivers a breathtaking, intimate account of the revolution that WAS televised. More information at: www.corrugate.org.
Join us in a conversation with filmmaker, Jill Freidberg.
Download the flyer HERE.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 24, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM
“BOOGIEMAN - THE LEE ATWATER STORY”
(86 min, Stefan Forbes, 2008)
WITH SPECIAL GUEST, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, BEV HARRIS
BOOGIEMAN is the compelling story of Lee Atwater, the blues-playing rogue whose rambunctious rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a household name. Without Atwater, neither Ronald Reagan nor George H.W. Bush might have been elected. Atwater mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush while making the GOP a Southern party, expertly advancing the culture wars, transforming the way the American media covers elections, and becoming seen as the godfather of modern negative campaigning.  This is a very timely examination of how Atwater’s ghost looms over modern American politics.
Please join us in a facilitated discussion with Bev Harris of Black Box Voting, www.blackboxvoting.org
Download the flyer HERE. Please post and distribute if you can.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 17, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: “THE INLAND SEA: WHERE HAVE ALL THE ORCAS GONE?" (45 min, Michael Harris, People for Puget Sound & Outpost Media, 2001)
And the Short Film: “SHIFTING BASELINES” (6 min, Randy Olson & Puget Sound Partnership, 2008)
With: People For Puget Sound
The great orca pods of the Northwest are disappearing fast, and the exact cause is a mystery. What's killing the killer whale? 
Join underwater explorer and activist Jean-Michel Cousteau as he examines the health of Puget Sound’s Southern Resident orcas and the causes of their population decline. Decimated by captures for aquariums and marine parks in the 1960s, the orcas gained strength in numbers after gaining protected under federal law and becoming symbols of Puget Sound’s magnificence. But declines in numbers of their principal food, Chinook salmon, and their ingestion of toxic chemicals from our modern culture, and even the prevalence of large ships and whale watching boats may be factors in their declining health. What are these magnificent creatures telling us about the health of Puget Sound and our future— and what can we do about it? 
Join us for a facilitated discussion with folks from People for Puget Sound
Download the flyer HERE.Please post and distribute if you can.
For info on People for Puget Sound: www.pugetsound.org
For more info on Puget Sound Partnership: www.psp.wa.gov
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, April 10, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: "CAPITALISM HITS THE FAN"
(57 min, Sut Jhally, 2008)
With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself. 
Wolff traces the source of the economic crisis to the 1970s, when wages began to stagnate and American workers were forced into a dysfunctional spiral of borrowing and debt that ultimately exploded in the mortgage meltdown. By placing the crisis within this larger historical and systemic frame, Wolff argues convincingly that the proposed government "bailouts," stimulus packages, and calls for increased market regulation will not be enough to address the real causes of the crisis, in the end suggesting that far more fundamental change will be necessary to avoid future catastrophes. 
Download the flyer HERE. Please help get the word out. Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, March 27, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: "THE NUCLEAR COMEBACK" (58 min, Justin Pemberton, 2007) ... IS NUCLEAR ENERGY THE ANSWER?
With Dr. Dave Hall from Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR)
In a world living in fear of climate change, the nuclear industry is now proposing itself as a solution. It claims that nuclear power generation produces zero carbon emissions... and people are listening. The result is the beginning of a global nuclear renaissance, with 27 nuclear power stations under construction, and another 136 to be commenced within the next decade. THE NUCLEAR COMEBACK poses the question: Is this the answer to our energy needs? Or by seriously considering the renewed development of nuclear power, may we now be gambling with the survival of our planet?
The new documentary THE NUCLEAR COMEBACK goes on a worldwide tour of the nuclear industry in search of answers. Presented is a balanced array of viewpoints and information which allows the viewer to draw their own conclusion. Please join us following the film in a facilitated discussion with Dave Hall from Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (www.wpsr.org).
Download the flyer HERE. Please post if you can.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 27, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM
Film: “CONSUME THIS MOVIE”
(80min, Gene Brockhoff, 2008)
...a shop-u-mentary - With CECILE ANDREWS
AND OUR 6th ANNIVERSARY!
Are Americans too materialistic? Are we willfully trashing the planetary ecology in order to serve the desires and drives of the ego? And what, or who could be driving this powerful force of seduction?
Americans are finally beginning to challenge our culture of greed and materialism. CONSUME THIS MOVIE stars Cecile Andrews, Juliet Schor, Peter Whybrow and others; and takes a critical look at social injustice, peak oil, resource depletion and our deep need to feel connected to each other through what we choose to consume.
Join us for this brand new film and discussion with Cecile Andrews, followed by our 6th Anniversary celebration! Cecile is author of Slow is Beautiful and Circle of Simplicity. More at www.cecileandrews.com, www.phinneyecovillage.net   
Trailer at: http://www.consumethismovie.com/files/preview.html
"See this movie when you're happy to be alive." - Ed Begley Jr.    
DOWNLOAD OUR ANNIVERSARY FLYER HERE!
Pass on to friends & neighbors!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 6, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM
FILM: “THE IRON WALL” (60 min, Mohammed Alatar, 2006) 
With JUDITH KOLOKOFF and ZIYAD ZAITOUN, and AMIN ODEH  
ALSO: Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie will be in attendance.
Also: At 6:30PM, just before the film, please join the speakers for informal discussion.
The Iron Wall features interviews with prominent Israeli and Palestinian peace activists and political analysts, including Jeff Halper, Akiva Eldar, Hind Khoury, and others. Also included are eye-opening interviews with Israeli settlers and soldiers, and Palestinian farmers.  "The Iron Wall is a highly recommended film for anyone concerned with the quest for a just and peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - a film that takes a clear stand while showing genuine empathy for both sides." -- Hillel Schenker, Co-Editor for Palestine-Israel Journal.
The film will be followed by a facilitated discussion with guest speakers this evening:
JUDITH KOLOKOFF was instrumental in organizing Jewish Voice for Peace/Seattle and is a founding member of the national organization American Jews for a Just Peace, and the local organization, Seattle Jewish Voices Against the Occupation of Palestine.  She has worked as Tour Coordinator for the Refuser Solidarity Network - a national organization supporting the anti-occupation work of the Israeli refusniks.  (Refusniks are soldiers, conscripts, reservists, pilots etc. who refuse to serve in the territories.)In the past 15 years her activity has been strongly focused around working for Middle peace and justice in Israel/Palestine. During that period she has visited Israel/Palestine five times, the last in March/April 2005.
AMIN ODEH was born in a refugee camp near Bethlehem in the WestBank. He was detained many times by the Israeli army and spent months in Israeli military prisons. After coming to the U.S he continued to advocate on behalf of the Palestinian people. In the year 2000 he and other Palestinian activists founded the group Voices of Palestine. The group's main objective is to educate the public about the Palestinian struggle for freedom and Justice. Amin is also a board member with the Arab American Community Coalition in Seattle. "
ZIYAD ZAITOUN was born in 1954 in the occupied city of Hebron (El-Khalil), and was raised in Amman, Jordan. He attended the Arab University of Beirut until the civil unrest in Lebanon occurred in 1975.  He then decided to start his new adventure in the USA, where he attended the University of Washington and graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering. In 1984, Ziyad with his wife and daughter packed their suitcases and move to Jordan. After working and living in Amman for three years, the family decided to move back to Seattle. Ziyad is a founding member of the Arab American Community Coalition, a civil and human right local organization with a global reach. 
More info on the film: www.theironwall.ps    
Download the flyer HERE
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 30, 2009, 7:00-9:30 PM
FILM: “GARBAGE WARRIOR” (86 min, Oliver Hodge, 2008)
With JIM BURTON, from the NW ECOBUILDING GUILD; & and KINLEY DELLER from THE KING COUNTY GREEN TOOLS PROGRAM
Imagine a home that heats itself, that provides its own water, hat grows its own food. Imagine that it needs no expensive technology, that it recycles its own waste, that it has its own power source. And now imagine that it can be built anywhere, by anyone, out of the things society throws away.
Thirty years ago, architect Michael Reynolds imagined just such a home - then set out to build it. A visionary in the classic American mode, Reynolds has been fighting ever since to bring his concept to the public. He believes that in an age of ecological instability and impending natural disaster, his buildings can - and will - change the way we live.
Shot over three years in the USA, India and Mexico, Garbage Warrior is a feature-length documentary film telling the epic story of maverick architect Michael Reynolds, his crew of renegade house builders from New Mexico, and their fight to introduce radically different ways of living. A snapshot of contemporary geo-politics and an inspirational tale of triumph over bureaucracy, GARBAGE WARRIOR is above all an intimate portrait of an extraordinary individual and his dream of changing the world.
Join us following the film in a conversation with Jim Burton, President of the Seattle Chapter of the Northwest Eco-Building Guild; and Kinley Deller, Waste Reduction Specialist for the King County Green Tools Program about sustainable building in the Seattle area.
Jim is an architect with BLIP Design, specializing in Green Remodels and Additions. He's a member of the American Institute of Architects, the US Green Building Council, Built Green, and Solar Washington.  The Northwest Eco-Building Guild is an association of builders, designers, homeowners, trades people, manufacturers, suppliers and others interested in ecologically sustainable building. More info at: http://ecobuilding.org/. 
Kinley provides construction related waste reduction and recycling assistance to construction project managers, contractors, architects, and developers within King County. He has been working tirelessly over the past several years to promote deconstruction as a key waste reduction option. King County's GreenTools program helps users create and sustain "green" buildings and developments with technical assistance, grants, hands-on training, and the information to find locally-produced, high quality sustainable building materials and resources. More info at: www.greentools.us.
Download Flyer HERE.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 23, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
FILM: “THE ORANGE REVOLUTION”
(106 min, Steve York, 2007) 
Orange Revolution provides an in-depth look at Ukraine’s
historic nonviolent revolution of 2004. In freezing temperatures, over one million citizens poured into the streets of Kyiv and took up residence there. They marched in protest and formed human barricades around government buildings, paralyzing all state functions. Restaurants donated food, businessmen sent tents, and individuals brought blankets, clothing, and money. At night, rock bands energized the protesters.
For 17 days, a group of ordinary citizens engaged in extraordinary acts of political protest. Capturing the songs and spirit of this moment in history, Orange Revolution tells the story of a people united, not by one leader or one party, but by one idea: to defend their vote.
Followed by facilitated discussion. Download Flyer HERE.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 16, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
FILM: “DR. STRANGELOVE” or: “HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB”
(94 min, Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
DR. STRANGELOVE is a 1964 black comedy film directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, and featuring Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn and Slim Pickens. Loosely based by screenwriter Terry Southern on Peter George's Cold War thriller novel Red Alert (aka Two Hours to Doom), Dr. Strangelove satirizes the Cold War and the doctrine of mutual assured destruction.
The story concerns a mentally unstable US Air Force general who orders a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, and follows the President of the United States, his advisors, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse, as well as the crew of one B-52 as they attempt to deliver their payload.
In 1989, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).
...also:
SUPPORT GROUND ZERO on MLK DAY:
ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS - ABOLISH TRIDENT
Monday, January 19, 2009, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
RESTORING THE BELOVED COMMUNITY: GROUND ZERO CENTER FOR NONVIOLENT ACTION VIGIL AND DIRECT ACTION AT BANGOR
Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 19, by standing against nuclear weapons and war!  Join the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action (GZ) in a vigil at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds MLK Day event in the morning, and a vigil and direct action at the gates of the Bangor Trident nuclear submarine base in the afternoon.
The day begins at 8:30 a.m. at GZ, 16159 Clear Creek Rd. NW, Poulsbo, WA 98370.  At 9:15 we will carpool to the Fairgrounds, 1200 NW Fairgrounds Rd., Bremerton, WA 98311, and meet at 9:30 at the NE corner of the Fairgrounds parking lot, in front of the main entrance to the auditorium, where we will vigil for one hour, and then return to GZ.  From 11:00 to 3:15 at GZ there will be nonviolence training and action planning.  At 3:15 we will head for the Bangor gate(s) for vigiling and nonviolent direct action, returning to GZ at 4:30 to await the return of arrestees. Bring sack lunch, snacks, drinking water, umbrella, warm, waterproof clothes, flashlight, sign-making materials, money to donate, peaceful spirit.  For directions or more information, go to www.gzcenter.org, or contact Jackie or Sue at 360-377-2586.
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Friday, January 9, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
FILM: “SHARKWATER”  (89 min, Rob Stewart, 2008)  
WITH SCOTT WEST AND SEA SHEPHERD
With an Opening Short Film:
"SHARK ANGLES"
Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, filmmaker Rob Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.
Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, SHARKWATER takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives.
Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.
Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.
Join us in a conversation with Scott West, a retired federal agent, who now works with the Sea Shepherd. One of Scott's primary duties is to protect sharks.
(Also, come early at 6:30 PM for informal discussion with Scott West from Sea Shepherd)
For more info on "SHARKWATER": www.sharkwater.com
For more info on Sea Shepherd: www.seashepherd.org
Download the Flyer: HERE

Opening Short Film:
"SHARK ANGLES" (20 Minutes Produced by Shawn Heinrichs)
Shark Angles is the story of three powerful and passionate adventurers - a scientist, a grassroots activist and an eco-warrior – unite their unique strengths to create a formidable trio of shark defenders. Horrified by the rate man is destroying the creatures they have dedicated their lives to saving, the Shark Angels decide to take matters Into their own capable hands. http://www.sharkangels.org/
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 21, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
Film: “GOOD FOOD” (72 min, Melissa Young & Mark Dworkin, 2008) WITH THE FILMMAKERS, MELISSA YOUNG & MARK DWORKIN
“A film to awaken our taste buds and our courage...”
-Frances Moore Lappe, author Diet for a Small Planet, Hope’s Edge
Something remarkable is happening in the fields and orchards of the Pacific Northwest. Small family farmers are making a comeback. They're growing much healthier food, and lots more food per acre, while using less energy and water than factory farms.  “GOOD FOOD” is a wonderful new documentary about sustainable food and farming in the Northwest by local filmmakers Melissa Young & Mark Dworkin.
For decades Northwest agriculture was focused on a few big crops for export. But to respond to climate change and the end of cheap energy, each region is beginning to produce more of its own food and to grow food more sustainably. “GOOD FOOD” visits producers, farmers’ markets, distributors, stores, restaurants, chefs and public officials who are developing a more sustainable food system for all.
This lively tour of Washington’s sustainable agriculture movement offers several lucid arguments in favor of smaller, more efficient farms, and purchasing locally grown crops. Still, no argument is as convincing as the marvelous bounty laid before our eyes in this film. See review in Seattle_PI.
Q&A and facilitated discussion the filmmakers Melissa Young & Mark Dworkin follows the film.
Download the flyer HERE. For more info on other screenings in the Seattle area, see: www.goodfoodthemovie.org or www.movingimages.org.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 24, 2008, 7-9:30 PM (sharp)
Film: "THE VISITOR" (103 min, Thomas McCarthy, 2008)
WITH PANELISTS:
PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Executive Director of OneAmerica (formerly Hate Free Zone)
GINA OWENS, Grassroots leader with WashingtonCAN!
GINA MEJIA, Mother of a son wrongfully detained.
In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life.
The critically-acclaimed film, THE VISITOR, revolves around a disillusioned economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter. Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale is sleepwalking through life. His world is turned upside down when he returns from a conference and discovers that two undocumented citizens - a Syrian man (Tarek) and his Senegalese girlfriend - have taken up residence in his apartment. He reluctantly allows them to stay, and as a friendship develops, he tries to help when one is discovered by U.S. immigration authorities.
This is a poignant and often funny film about tests of the heart and discovering joy in the most unexpected places. THE VISITOR is Tom McCarthy's follow-up to his award-winning directorial debut The Station Agent This special screening of THE VISITOR is co-sponsored by OneAmerica and Active Voice. The Visitor Social Action Campaign uses the film as an educational tool to help viewers learn more about the U.S. immigrant detention system and get actively involved.
To learn more, please go to:  www.takepart.com/thevisitor
Download the Flyer HERE
Pramila Jayapal, Founder and Executive Director of OneAmerica, has spent over two decades campaigning for social justice. Under her leadership, OneAmerica has achieved significant policy changes and implemented the first large-scale immigrant voter registration program in Washington State, registering tens of thousands of new citizens. Nationally, Pramila helps lead the fight for due process, co-chairing the Liberty and Justice for All campaign of the Rights Working Group national coalition. Born in India, Pramila became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
Gina Owens is a grassroots leader with Washington Community Action Network. Since attending a Community Dialogues on Immigration train-the-trainers workshop, Gina has mobilized students at her grandchildren’s school to learn about immigrant rights and support comprehensive immigration reform. A passionate community leader and human rights activist, Gina served on Washington CAN!’s board and was Chair of Washington CAN!’s King County Community Action Team.
Gena Mejia became an outspoken advocate of immigration reform when her son was unlawfully detained at Tacoma's 1,000-bed Northwest Detention Center. Originally from Mexico, Gena has lived in Washington State since 1979. And her son, 30-years-old and a father of two young children at the time of his six-month detainment, was a legal resident who had spent his entire life in the U.S. By telling her family's story, Gena hopes to raise awareness of a rarely heard perspective on the immigration reform debate.
OneAmerica is committed to the vision of a unified nation with justice for all. Its mission is to advance the fundamental principles of democracy, justice, and human rights at the local, state and national levels:
PLEASE JOIN US FOLLOWING THE FILM FOR A PANEL & FACILITATED DISCUSSION
For more information on One America: www.hatefreezone.org. 
The Visitor: www.thevisitorfilm.com; and www.takepart.com/thevisitor
Active Voice:  www.activevoice.net;
Participant Media: www.participantmedia.com.
Washington Community Action Network: www.washingtoncan.org
Take Action!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 17, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
WE BEGIN A 3-PART SERIES ENTITLED:
"TOWARDS A NEW STORY OF MONEY"
Part 1: Film: “THE MONEY FIX” (80 min, Alan Rosenblith, 2008),
WITH THE FILMMAKER, ALAN ROSNBLITH
Where: Keystone Church - Address above.
Have you ever wondered what money is or where it comes from?  While most of us take the monetary system for granted, it has silent and profound implications for everyone.  The Money Fix is a feature-length documentary comparing and contrasting community currencies with federal dollars. 
This soon to be released film examines economic patterning in both the human and the natural worlds, and through this lens we learn how we can empower ourselves by redesigning the lifeblood of the economy at the local level.
Join Filmmaker Alan Rosenblith and others in a very timely discussion on money and our economic systems, past and future!  More information: www.themoneyfix.org
Download the Flyer HERE!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Monday October 20, 2008 7:30-9:00PM
Part 2: "MONEY, HAPPINESS, AND SIMPLICITY"
SIMPLICITY GATHERING FACILITATED BY CECILE ANDREWS
Where: St. John United Lutheran Church,
5515 Phinney Ave N, Seattle (Across from Woodland Park Zoo)
What is the source of human happiness, and what role does money have to play? The economy's troubles have many of us focusing even more on what's important to us while rejecting the false palliatives of consumerism and spending. Cecile is the author of The Circle of Simplicity and Slow Is Beautiful, and founder of the Phinney Ecovillage www.phinneyecovillage.net. 
Free!   More info: cecile@cecileandrews.com, www.cecileandrews.com

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 6:30-9:30PM
Part 3: “HOW DO WE TRANSFORM OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY?” PUBLIC GATHERING: INDRA’S RAINBOW - IONS COMMUNITY GROUP
Where: Interfaith Community Church,
1763 NW 62nd St, Seattle (Ballard)
We will explore personal, social and spiritual aspects of money, including topics such as the disparity between rich and poor, the notion of scarcity vs sufficiency, alternative currencies, etc. We will also share personal life stories around money, how money shaped us. Reference (Books and IONS' audio): Lynne Twist "The Soul of Money," Bernard Lietaer "The Future of Money."  Suggested donation: $5   info@indrasrainbow.org, www.indrasrainbow.org

Friday, September 5, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
Film: “KILOWATT OURS” (65 min, Jeff Barrie, 2004)   
KILOWATT OURS reveals the underreported side effects resulting from America’s voracious appetite for coal-generated electricity, and alternatives that give hope for the future. Also: A discussion on solar alternatives for the Northwest with PAM BURTON and JEREMY SMITHSON from PUGET SOUND SOLAR and SOLAR WASHINGTON.
Q: What would you find if you traced the wires from your light switch to the energy source?
A: Mountain top removal? global warming? childhood asthma? … or hope?
Vice President Dick Cheney, in his well-known energy policy speech of April 30, 2001, claimed that America must build 1900 new power plants by 2020. That is one new power plant per week for the next two decades in order to meet projected electricity demands. “KILOWATT OURS” challenges this assertion by presenting hope filled alternatives based on conservation, efficiency and renewable power.
JOIN US FOR AN ENLIGHTENING CONVERSATION ON SOLAR POWER IN THE NORTHWEST. Download the FLYER and post widely!
More information at www.solarwashington.org
and www.pugetsoundsolar.com
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, May 2, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
Film: AN EVENING OF SHORT FILMS ON FOOD AND SUSTAINABILITY,
AND A CONVERSATION ON LOCAL FOOD SUSTAINABILITY, FOOD SECURITY AND COMMUNITY
With SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD’S GROWING FOOD, GROWING COMMUNITY Program; SOLID GROUND/LETTUCE LINK and MARRA FARM.
ALSO: A preview of the yet-to-be-released film: “GOOD FOOD”
by Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin, to be screened at the Seattle International film Festival this coming June. The filmmakers will also be joining us for the discussion. (More info on www.movingimages.org)
THE MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL has produced a great collection of short films on food and sustainability, also entitled “GOOD FOOD”. We’ll be showing some of the films from this compilation, along with other selections. Following the films, please join us for a facilitated discussion on local food sustainability, food security and the local community!
Cosponsored by Solid-Ground / Lettuce Link, Seattle Tilth, Marra Farm And Sustainable Wallingford.
LETTUCE LINK is a program of Solid Ground that creates access to fresh, nutritious and organic produce, seeds, and gardening information for limited-income communities in Seattle, and builds awareness about food security and sustainable urban agriculture through meaningful hands-on volunteer opportunities. www.solid-ground.org.
MARRA FARM is an urban community farm engaging people in sustainable agriculture and education while enhancing local food security.
www.solid-ground.org/programs/nutrition/marra.
SEATTLE TILTH inspires and educates people to garden organically, conserve natural resources, and support local food systems in order to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community.www.seattletilth.org
SUSTAINABLE WALLINGFORD is a wheelbarrow organization - holding and moving forward ideas that are bubbling up in the community about how to live on one planet with joy and grace, working to support the sustainable goals and aspirations of all of the wonderful people and institutions that build the Wallingford community. www.sustainablewallingford.us
GROWING FOOD, GROWING COMMUNITY is part of Sustainable Wallingford. Projects include edible garden walks, urban fruit tree harvests, community needs & food outreach, educational programs and much more
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).
ALSO: Don't miss the SEATTLE TILTH EDIBLE GARDEN SALE, from 9 AM - 3 PM & Sunday from 11 AM - 3 PM, at Meridian Park in the Wallingford Neighborhood (NE 50th and Meridian)

Friday, March 21, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
Film: “REEL BAD ARABS: HOW HOLLYWOOD VILIFIES A PEOPLE” (60 minutes, Sut Jhally, 2006)
This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged from the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs--from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists"--along the way offering devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypic images, their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much today. Shaheen shows how the persistence of these images over time has served to naturalize prejudicial attitudes toward Arabs and Arab culture, in the process reinforcing a narrow view of individual Arabs and the effects of specific US domestic and international policies on their lives.
By inspiring critical thinking about the social, political, and basic human consequences of leaving these Hollywood caricatures unexamined, the film challenges viewers to recognize the urgent need for counter-narratives that do justice to the diversity and humanity of Arab people and the reality and richness of Arab history and culture. Viewer Discretion Advised: Contains graphic violent language & imagery.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, February 1, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
Film: "NET LOSS: THE STORM OVER SALMON FARMING" (52 min, Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin, 2004)
With filmmakers MELISSA YOUNG AND MARK DWORKIN
Also: Anne Mosness with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy who is featured in the film,
And: Emily Nuchols with 'Save Our Wild Salmon',
http://www.wildsalmon.org/
Decades of poor fisheries management and habitat loss have decimated many wild salmon runs.  Now the salmon farming industry is raising salmon in giant underwater cages called net pens, and is promising more fish for people to eat and less pressure on wild fish.  But the farms themselves have become a serious new threat to the survival of wild salmon.  Filmed in Chile, Washington, and British Columbia, NET LOSS assesses the benefits and risks of salmon farming through interviews with government and industry spokesmen, who make the case for salmon farming; and the fishermen, Native people, and scientists, who explain the dangers to the environment, human health, and coastal cultures. Musical score includes songs by Taj Mahal, Lila Downs and Shadowfax.
Hazel Wolf Environmental, Toronto Planet in focus, Green Reel, Wild and Scenic, Santa Cruz, Columbus Film Festivals. Environmental Awareness Award International Wildlife Film Festival, Bioneers Conference. 
More info: www.movingimages.org
Filmmakers MELLISSA YOUNG AND MARK DWORKIN will join us for a community discussion.
Former salmon fisherwoman and wild salmon advocate in the "Go Wild" campaign", Anne Mosness, will share info about current pending legislation to put hundreds of fish farms in marine waters, both here and around the U.S.  And Emily Nuchols will discuss the fight to restore Columbia-Snake River salmon.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 25, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
Film: "I HAD AN ABORTION" (55 minutes, Gillian Aldrich and Jennifer Baumgardner, 2005)
In the U.S., 1.3 million women per year have abortions, but the topic is still so stigmatized that it's never discussed outside of polite company. Powerful and fiercely honest, this documentary tackles this taboo, featuring 10 women, ages 21 to 85, candidly describe their abortion experience with stories that span seven decades from the years before Roe v Wade until present day. Cutting across age, race, class and religion, this film offers heartfelt stories that personalize what has become a vicious and abstract debate. Part of a national campaign to support and defend women's full reproductive health care and rights and to promote the upcoming Book Tour for This Common Secret: My Journey as An Abortion Doctor by Susan Wicklund, MD.
Co-sponsored by Seattle NOW, WA Alliance for Reproductive Choice and NARAL Pro-Choice WA. More info: http://www.speakoutfilms.com/film.html
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, January 11, 2008, 7-9:30 PM
Film: "CONVICTION" (48 min, Brenda Truelson Fox, 2006)
With Nuclear Resister JACKIE HUDSON
This event is in support of Ground Zero Center for nonviolent Action www.gzcenter.org and in support of their Martin Luther King Day vigil at the Gates of Bangor Submarine Base on Hood Canal.
Bangor houses 2,364 nuclear warheads, just 20 miles from downtown Seattle. (MORE INFO HERE)
On October 6, 2002, Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert, and Jackie Hudson cut a chain link fence and entered an active nuclear missile silo site in rural northern Colorado. Declaring the Minuteman III a weapon of mass destruction, the nuns painted the site with six crosses in their own blood and tapped hammers against the silo lid and rusted tracks used to open the lid for a launch in a symbolic act of disarmament. One hour later, US military, FBI and local law enforcement authorities surrounded the women who were standing on a 110-ton concrete nuclear warhead block, praying. The nuns surrendered peacefully and after being handcuffed on the ground for three hours, were eventually taken to the Clear Creek County jail where they remained for the next seven months awaiting trial and sentencing. They were convicted and sentenced to Federal Prison for their non-violent protest.
The documentary film, “CONVICTION” evokes important conversations about the role of religion in politics, the role of nuclear weapons in national defense and the role of International Law in the Federal Courts.
Jackie Hudson, who was convicted of sabotage in July of 2003 for this nonviolent demonstration, will join us in a community conversation.
Download the Flyer HERE.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).
CARPOOL CARAVAN INFO:
A Carpool Caravan will be leaving for Ground Zero at Bangor Saturday morning 1/19/08 from Keystone Church (5019 Keystone Place N, Wallingford) at 8:00 AM sharp to catch the 8:45 AM Seattle-Bremerton Ferry. Please come a little early.
For event schedules and maps, go to www.gzcenter.org

Friday, December 14, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: Something a Little Different:
"SET UP TO FAIL" - A PLAY PRESENTED BY JUSTICE WORKS!
And a Film: "CORPORATE LOCKDOWN" (22 min, Sarah Adele Zammit, 2001)
CORPORATE LOCKDOWN is a hard-hitting documentary on the corporatization of prisons, and reveals how corporate moguls and cost-efficiency prison models have turned prisoners into products.
Justice Works! is a grassroots criminal justice reform organization. SET UP TO FAIL - the play, is the centerpiece for their outreach and public education program. SET UP TO FAIL provides factual information about the criminal justice system combined with the powerful emotional expressions of incarceration and release from prison. Audience participation allows citizens, if only for a few minutes, to experience the reality of living in a cage.
Mass incarceration and a “tough on crime” mentality have devastated individual lives, families and whole communities.  The criminal justice system disproportionately impacts people of African descent which gives way to hopelessness and defiance.  The system sets people up to fail which causes desperation, which is one of the key factors contributing to crime. Justice Works! endeavors to reduce crime by restoring individual dignity and success, strengthening families and communities by creating an environment for individuals to give and receive support, while working together to improve the criminal justice system. 
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 30, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: “CLEAN ELECTIONS: VOTES FOR SALE?” (60 min, John Siceloff, 2006)
With Craig Salins, executive director of Washington Public Campaigns
Many legislative votes and each election smells of scandal and corruption, which raises the question: Can anyone stop the influence of big money and big influence on political campaigns? "VOTES FOR SALE?" is an  investigation into the fight to keep American elections free and fair across the country. It spotlights the clean elections movement, a radical public-funding experiment adopted in Maine and Arizona to revolutionize how campaigns are conducted. It works like this: candidates for public office receive a flat sum of money from the government to finance their campaign. In return, the candidates agree to use almost no private funds to run their elections.
Pushing special interest money out of the election process may do more than clean things up. It could also open the door for a variety of people who care about democracy to run for office with realistic hopes of winning.
Will "politics of the people" be a clean democratic step forward or a messy economic step backward?
Craig Salins, executive director of Washington Public Campaigns plans to join us to provide information on the status of the move for clean elections in Washington State, perhaps accompanied by one or more state legislators. More info: http://www.washclean.org/ and Americans for Campaign Reform
DOWNLOAD FLYER HERE
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 9, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: “AMERICAN DRUG WAR: THE LAST WHITE HOPE” 
And: A Panel and Open Community Discussion on the Social Impacts of the Drug War

With:
Larry Gossett - King County Councilmember
Nora Callahan - Founder and Executive Director of The November Coalition
Chuck Armsbury - Senior Editor of The Razor Wire
Matt McCally - Former Probation Officer
Douglas Hiatt - Criminal Defense Attorney
Sunil Aggarwal - Immediate Past President of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility

Film:  “AMERICAN DRUG WAR: THE LAST WHITE HOPE” (Kevin Booth, 2007)
35 years after Nixon started the war on drugs, we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars.
The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family members from "legal drugs" Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure. Three and a half years in the making, the film follows gang members, former DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, politicians, prisoners and celebrities.
Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested discovered that his cocaine source had been working for the CIA.
AMERICAN DRUG WAR shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it. This is not some 'pro-drug' stoner film, but a collection of expert testimonials from the ground troops on the front lines of the drug war, the ones who are fighting it and the ones who are living it.
Larry Gossett, as member of the King County Council, is a strong advocate for reform of the criminal justice system. He has called for an end to the $40 billion-per-year War on Drugs and feels that organizing at a grassroots level is crucial. At a recent Seattle community meeting, he stated that we must all recognize that class and race matter, and a progressive, multiracial people’s movement is required to put an end to the war on drugs.
Sunil Aggarwal is the Immediate Past President of the Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and a 3rd year medical student at the University of Washington. Currently, he is working on his Doctorate in Medical Geography, and a major focus of his dissertation is the political ecology of botanical cannabanoid medicine delivery.
Nora Callahan is the founder and executive director of The November Coalition, a non-profit organization working to end drug war injustice. A grassroots leader, she shared the 1998 Thomas Paine Award and was awarded the Robert C. Randall Award for Achievement in the Field of Citizen Action honoring those citizens making democracy work in the difficult area of drug law and policy reform.
Chuck Armsbury is the Senior Editor of The Razor Wire and a long time social justice activist. He has taught sociology, worked with the civil rights movement, and has served time in federal and state prisons.
Matt McCally, after six years experience as probation officer with the Washington State Department of Corrections, several letters of commendation, and hopes for a career in criminal justice, quit his position, realizing he could no longer fool himself about the War on Drugs.
Douglas Hiatt, criminal defense attorney, has spent many years handling complicated medical marijuana defense cases and working with downtrodden victims of drug war aggression.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, November 2, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: "GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB" (82 min, Rory Kennedy, 2007)
Part of a nation-wide project, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT).
The documentary film, GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB, looks beyond the headlines to investigate the psychological and political context in which torture occurred. The familiar and disturbing pictures of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison raise many troubling questions: How did torture become an accepted practice at Abu Ghraib? Did U.S. government policies make it possible while protections granted to prisoners under the Geneva Conventions were ignored? How much damage has the aftermath of Abu Ghraib had on America's credibility as a defender of freedom and human rights around the world?
Ultimately, GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB raises serious questions about what happened, why it happened and whether it was an isolated incident, as the government continues to maintain. Using footage from famous obedience experiments performed at Yale by eminent social psychologist Stanley Milgram in the 1960s, the film suggests that under orders most people are capable of perpetrating inhumane and unjust acts against others.
Cosponsored by Keystone Church. For more information on the nation-wide project, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT),
go to: www.tortureisamoralissue.org.
Facilitated discussion to follow.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 26, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: "HOMECOMING"
(AKA “ZOMBIES ATTACK GEORGE BUSH” ) (60 min, Joe Dante, 2005) and COMMUNITY HALLOWEEN PARTY!
Everyone Is Welcome - Costumes encouraged - Prizes. …So, dust off that old Dick Nixon mask; Come as an Ann Coulter zombie!  Maybe come as a 'phantom' democrat. Jerry Falwell too scary?
...What more can we say?!
Just when things looked like they couldn't get any worse for President Bush, here come the zombies to vote him out of office. One part satire of soulless Beltway insiders, one part gut-crunching horror flick, ZOMBIES kicks off when the flag-draped coffins of soldiers killed in Iraq burst open and the reanimated corpses of dead veterans hit the streets, searching for polling places where they can pull the lever for "anyone who will end this evil war." From a bullying pundit cloned from Ann Coulter's DNA to a Jerry Falwell doppelganger, this flick, as ZNet states: "praises the troops in Iraq while offering up the politicians and pundits who sent them there as finger food for the undead."
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 19, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: "THE EXONERATED" (90 min, Bob Balaban, 2003)
With Amnesty International
And an open discussion with Stefanie Anderson, the Washington State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Amnesty International.
This is Amnesty International’s Weekend of Faith In Action Against the Death Penalty. 133 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. On average, in the past decade more than three countries a year have abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Despite internationally accepted human rights standards, the United States still executes people. THE EXONERATED presents the compelling true-life stories of those wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death row.
Sixteen years. Imagine everything you could do with sixteen years. Imagine everything you did the last sixteen years. Now take it all away. Sunny Jacobs was convicted and sentenced to death for a crime she did not commit. Her story and those of five other wrongly convicted death row survivors are told in The Exonerated, an Academy Award nominated film starring Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo, Aidan Quinn, Susan Sarandon and David Brown, Jr. These powerful, true stories about innocence, injustice and redemption will engage your emotion and incite your passion in an unforgettable way.
Facilitated discussion to follow.  More info on AI’s efforts to abolish the death penalty: http://www.amnestyusa.org/Our_Issues/Death_Penalty/page.do?id=1011005&n1=3&n2=28
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, October 5, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: "CRUCIBLE OF EMPIRE, THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR” (120 min, Daniel A. Miller, 1999)
The beginning of American Empire. Teddy Roosevelt charging up the San Juan Heights, the Rough Riders and the sinking of the battleship, the U.S.S. Maine---these are what people commonly know about the United States' war with Spain in 1898. What they may not remember is that this was the war that steered the United States to center stage as a world power. Victorious over Spain in Cuba and the Philippines, the United States, a nation founded in opposition to imperialism, grappled with its new role as an imperial power. More recent events in Vietnam, Somalia, Yugoslavia and Iraq bear striking parallels to those of 1898. Even in its own time, the war with Spain was understood as a turning point in American history.
Crucible of Empire demonstrates how and why the Spanish-American War constitutes such an important milestone in U.S. history. This program examines the events and attitudes that led to war, followed by an exploration of the conflict and its outcome. Early film footage and stills of battle scenes, plus rich visuals, a compelling story, and intriguing analogies to current foreign policy make Crucible of Empire a riveting documentary.
(Event is FREE and open to the public!  …but Donations are kindly accepted).        

Friday, September 28, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: “WHY WE FIGHT”  (99 min, Eugene Jarecki, 2006)
"Why We Fight," the new film by Eugene Jarecki which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war machine, weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a "who's who" of military and beltway insiders. Featuring John McCain, Gore Vidal, William Kristol, Chalmers Johnson, Richard Perle and others, "Why We Fight" launches a bipartisan inquiry into the workings of the military industrial complex and the rise of the American Empire.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, September 21, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
FILM: “V-DAY: UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS”
FROM THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES PROJECT 
(73 minutes, Abby Epstein, 2004)
Extraordinarily empowering and heartbreakingly funny, the Sundance favorite UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS chronicles how Eve Ensler's hit off-Broadway solo show The Vagina Monologues grew into V-Day, an international grassroots movement to stop violence against women and girls. The first of its kind, The Vagina Monologues has been widely recognized as "a celebration of women's sexuality and a condemnation of its violation" (The New York Times) and praised as "frank, humorous and moving" (Chicago Tribune).
In 2002, over eight hundred cities around the world have participated in V-Day by staging benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues. From locales as diverse as New York, the Philippines and Kenya, director Abby Epstein's UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS features emotionally charged interviews and readings by everyday and celebrity women (including Rosie Perez, Salma Hayek, Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda and Lisa Gay Hamilton), all of whom courageously reveal their intimate experiences and bond together to break the silence that surrounds abuse. More than just a group testimonial, UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS is a moving celebration of community awareness that leaves us with the hope that change can happen
CO-SPONSORED WITH SEATTLE NOW CHAPTER (www.nowseattle.org) IN CONJUNCTION WITH TAKE BACK THE NIGHT ORGANIZING. Facilitated discussion to follow.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, September 14, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
“THE CORPORATIZATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION"
WITH SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, SALLY SORIANO
A selection of short films on The Corporatization of Public Education.
The United States was the first Western industrialized nation to establish public schools. Under the rubric of a variety of privatization proposals, numerous advocates for reform have stated as their goal nothing less than the complete dismantling of public education. The conservative critics of public education are pushing for privatization as the medicine that will cure the many ills which beset America's public schools.
As calls for the reform of public education across the US have grown louder, nearly every constituency associated with public education has come under attack. Teachers, especially their unions, students and parents, especially those from low income areas, have been the targets of blame for perceived school failures.
Out of this debate two camps have emerged: 1) those who believe that the public education system is still very viable but in need of greater accountability and innovation; and 2) those who regard the system as fundamentally flawed and in need of total dismantling so that it can be replaced by privately managed schools that operate on the principles of the marketplace.
In 2004, the powerful in Washington state government along with the backing from millionaires was poised to bring charter schools to Washington State. Critics of charter schools argue that tax dollars are siphoned away from public institutions without any accountability. Voters in Washington State have so far turned down charter schools three times. We are now one of only ten states without charter schools.
Join us in a selection of short films on The Corporatization of Public Education, and in a facilitated discussion with Seattle School Board Member, Sally Soriano. Sally is a native Seattleite who grew up attending Seattle public schools. Four years ago she worked with parents and nine other school boards to defeat charter schools in our state.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, July 13, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: BILL McKIBBEN: DEEP ECONOMY - A TALK AND CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL POLLAN
(70 min, Maria Gilardin, 2007)
and A DISCUSSION WITH CECILE ANDREWS: SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ’NEW LOCALISM’.

Cecile is the author of Slow Is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie de Vivre and The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life, and founder of The Phinney Ecovillage.
(Also see below for information on a Special Saturday extended discussion session on this topic)
Bill McKibben's discussion focuses on the intersection between America's economy and American's happiness. This is a truly hopeful program, with good suggestions and insights. Bill McKibben, author of “Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future,” sets out to challenge the prevailing view of our economy. For the first time in human history, “more” is no longer synonymous with “better” - indeed, for many of us, they have become almost opposites. We must begin to think in new ways about the things we buy, the food we eat, the energy we use, and the money that pays for it all. Our purchases need not be at odds with the things we truly value.
In this talk, recorded at Berkley in March 2007, he is joined on stage by colleague, Michael Pollan, author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma", and "Botany of Desire".   McKibben envisions a transition to local-scale enterprise. The time has come to move beyond “growth” as the paramount economic ideal and begin pursuing prosperity in a more local direction, with cities, suburbs, and regions producing more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating more of their own culture and entertainment.
Following the film, Cecile Andrews will lead a community discussion on sustainability and the"New Localism.'"
More info on Bill McKibben: www.billmckibben.com
More info on Cecile Andrews: www.cecileandrews.com
Learn about The Phinney Ecovillage: www.phinneyecovillage.net
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted)

Friday, JUNE 1, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: “IN SEARCH OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE”
(66 min, Judy Jackson, 2006)
WITH AMNESTY INTERNATIOINAL
This is the first film about a crucial new commitment to the International Rule of Law - so victims will no long suffer without being heard, and war criminals will be punished. Sixty years ago, with the Nuremberg charter, the world first said "Never Again." But these proved empty words for the victims of the Cold War years. The Superpowers couldn't agree on a universal code to punish war criminals. Tyrants ruled with impunity. So the voices of their victims have echoed down through the decades, refusing to be silent, even in death. Joined by relatives who are unable to move on, until they know how their loved ones died. Different languages from different places, but with the same universal theme - begging to be delivered from the torment of living somewhere between life and death. Telling us that they will be able, finally, to rest, when we find out how they died. Insisting we listen.
It is because of these voices that International Justice has been reborn. In 2002 the International Criminal Court was established in The Hague. So far 100 countries have signed on to the Court's mandate. However, the world's remaining superpower, the United States is strongly opposed. Filmed in: Kosovo, Northern Uganda, Iraq, Rwanda, And Darfur.
To learn more about the International Criminal Court and Amnesty International USA’s campaign for international justice, please visit: www.amnestyusa.org/international_justice
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted)

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL INVITES YOU TO THROW A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT!
- DOWN LOAD THE PARTY FORM HERE -

Friday, MAY 25, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: “TEARS FOR THE CROCODILE” (32 min, Nova High School East Timor Sister School Project, 2006)
WITH STUDENTS FROM NOVA HIGH SCHOOL AND JOE SZWAJA; with MARY ANNE MERCER FROM HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL, who just returned from East Timor andwill be present to answer questions about the current situation.
The film TEARS FOR THE CROCODILE chronicles a school trip made in April 2005 by 10 Nova high school students along with their teacher and his wife to their sister high school located in East Timor, the world’s newest country. (Nova is a small, democratically run public high school located in Seattle’s Central District).
The program will feature introductory remarks on East Timor’s history and the history of the sister school relationship by former Nova student Ashley Barnard, the chief architect of the sister school relationship, as well as Vincent Scott, a current Nova student who participated in the trip to east Timor. Next, the 32 minute documentary- it features photos and film footage from the trip, historical material chronicling East Timor’s 24 year struggle to break free from Indonesian occupation and testimonies from Nova students concerning how the trip helped changed their lives. Following the film, Nova students and their teacher – Joe Szwaja – will provide an update on the current situation in East Timor as well as Nova’s sister high school in Manatuto, East Timor and answer questions.
The program will also feature free cups of fair trade, organic East Timorese coffee which is used to raise money for the sister school.  The Timorese coffee will also be available in bag form for $10 a pound to benefit the Sister School project. Nova’s sister school program has sent about $30,000 in humanitarian relief to assist their sister school located near Manatuto, East Timor since the program’s founding in May 2002.
During Indonesia’s illegal occupation of East Timor between 1975 and 1999 about a third of the population perished as a result of the repressive measures pf the invaders. The US government approved the original invasion in December of 1975, provided 90% of the weapons used in the invasion and offered political support and training for the occupation under every president from Gerald Ford to Bill Clinton. According to Ashley Barnard, former Nova student and the founder of the sister school program, “We don’t view what we are doing as charity but rather as reparations. We hope to give back a little something to the country that was ripped apart with our tax dollars for two and a half decades.”
Come join us in this presentation and in an open discussion with Students From Nova High School, Joe Szwaja and Mary Ann Mercer on the current situation in East Timor, and this incredible restorative Sister School effort.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, MAY 11, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: "ARSENAL OF HYPOCRISY:
THE SPACE PROGRAM AND THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX" (60 min, Bruce Gagnon & Randy Atkins, 2003)
IN SUPPROT OF GROUND ZERO ACTION AT BANGOR SUBMARINE BASE TO STOP TRIDENT MISSLE SYSTEM FOR MOTHER'S DAY, SUN. MAY 13th and MON. MAY 14th.
The glory days of NASA are over! Today the Military Industrial Complex is marching towards world dominance through Space technology on behalf of global corporate interest. To understand how and why the space program will be used to fight all future wars on earth from space, it's important to understand how the public has been misled about the origins and true purpose of the Space Program. 
This 2004 film features GN Coordinator Bruce Gagnon, Noam Chomsky and Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell talking about the dangers of moving the arms race into space.  The one-hour production features archival footage, Pentagon documents, and clearly outlines the U.S. plan to "control and dominate" space and the Earth below.  ARSENAL OF HYPOCRISY spells out the dangers of the Bush "Nuclear Systems Initiative" that will expand the use of nuclear power in space by building Project Prometheus -- the nuclear rocket.
Mitchell, the 6th man to walk on the moon, warns that a war in space would create massive bits of space junk that would create a mine field surrounding the Earth making it virtually impossible to launch anything into the heavens.  Mitchell calls space a fragile environment that must be protected.
Noam Chomsky talks about how the U.S. intends to use space technology to control the Earth and reminds the viewer that the U.S. refuses to negotiate a global ban on weapons in space.  He also speaks about the role of the media in suppressing this important issue.
The video contains archival sound of President Dwight Eisenhower in 1961 warning the American people about the power of the military industrial complex. Arsenal of Hypocrisy was produced by filmmaker Randy Atkins from Gainesville, Florida.
Unite the Human Family in Peace! Abolish Nuclear Weapons! Stop the War Now! Celebrate Mother's Day 2007 with Ground Zero at the gates of Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor. Traditional vigil and nonviolence training on Sunday, May 13. Nonviolent direct action on May 14. More information and Ground Zero's downloadable flyer: www.gzcenter.org
Nonviolence is the answer! Together we can make a difference.
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

DOWNLOAD A REPRESENTATION OF THE NUCLEAR BLAST PATTERN OF ONE TRIDENT WARHEAD ON DOWNTOWN SEATTLE HERE

Friday, MARCH 30, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: "HISTORY OF OIL"  (46 min, Robert Newman, 2007)
Everything you need to know about war, peace, propaganda, the origins of WWI, WWII, Peak Oil, The War on Iraq, The War on Iran and the Western Crusade for Middle Eastern Democracy, all delivered at locomotive speed by British stand-up comic/sage Robert Newman. Filmed live on the bicycle-powered stage in London, Mr. Newman delivers a rapid-fire  political-historical enema that lets you laugh as you learn the truth about everything. Mr. Newman is highly praised producer of the CDs “Apoclypso Now”, “From Caliban to the Taliban” and “Resistance is Fertile”. His critically acclaimed best-selling third novel, “The Fountain at the Center of the Universe”, is about loss and hope, identity and belief, assassination and passport-theft, set around the world from refugee detention centers to a Welsh trawler to tropical disease hospitals to the Seattle WTO protests, tear gas and rubber bullets. The NY Times has described Robert Newman as Tom Wolfe inside the head of Noam Chomsky. “Newman's is a kind of Revolutionary Renaissance stand-up and it is absolutely wonderful. His comedy probably has more constituent parts than any other comic's, and the whole is still greater than the sum of those parts. Firstly he is very, very funny. He can be witty, satirical and surreal in turn, and every so often will pull out a brilliant impression, just to remind us that he has more strings to his comedic bow than are attached to a World Bank loan.” - FIVE STARS The Scotsman Monday August 15 2005 (commenting on “Apocolypso Now”).
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).

Friday, MARCH 23, 2007, 7-9:30 PM
Film: "REFLECTIONS ON WATER" (Hadas Levy, 2006) “Reflections on Water” is a visual collage of local and international films covering a wide range of topics and genres. The program includes work that deals with political, social, and environmental issues surrounding water and interweaves people's personal stories and aesthetic  explorations of water. Under the banner of “Reflections on Water”, art and activism flow together to weave creative expressions and ideas about water that contribute to an appreciation of this essential and sacred element. "The growing number of citizens and groups who belong to the water justice movement and the global justice movement at large who are fighting for a water secure future, believe in the beauty of this dream: that the global water crisis will become the source of global peace; that humanity will bow before Nature and learn to cooperate with the limits that Nature gives us and with each other." - Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke.
Featured is the film, “Oil and Water” by Corwin Fergus, which explores the relationship between humans and the natural world. Shot in Prince William Sound, Alaska, over the course of 20 years, it is an introspective chronicle of loss within the destruction of pristine wilderness. Fergus uses the tragedy of the Exxon Valdez oil spill to examine how wilderness is critical habitat for the human psyche and how thousands of years of cultural history have led us away from this once most obvious of truths.
Produced by Hadas Levy of ParaDocs Productions in Vancouver, BC.

World Water Day is March 22, 2007
For more info:
http://www.worldwaterday.org/ and 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Water_Day
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ..but Donations are kindly accepted).