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FINALISTS FOR THE "LESSER OF TWO EVILS" CONTEST
Thanks
to everyone who submitted a response to the "lesser of two evils"
contest. There were so many good submissions it was difficult to
choose the best three, so we narrowed the list and now need your help
to pick the winners.
Rate your choices here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PPCVWDJ
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Wednesday, May 23 @ 8:30pm
Previous films shown at Cafe Bohemia
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THE MIAMI MODEL
Against
the prescribed template of paramilitary oppression, information
warfare, and profit above all values, activists converge in Miami to
demonstrate grassroots resistance, creative action, and international
solidarity—a clash between competing visions of globalization,
soon to be known as the Miami Model. Indymedia activists shot hundreds
of hours documenting the 2003 FTAA protests in Miami and shaped it into
a documentary that cuts through the mass media blackout to reveal the
brutal repression and assault on civil liberties that took place, as
well as the inspiring alternatives to capitalist globalization that
were also in full effect in Miami
THE MIAMI MODEL is a powerful story set in what few will recognize as
the United States. Paramilitaries, embedded journalists and
illegal protests. Think this is Iraq or Afghanistan? It's your country. (2004, 91 mins.)
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg.
Films are shown in the outdoor courtyard, so if weather is an issue please check back here beforehand. |
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Wednesday, May 30 @ 8:30pm
TWO FILMS ON RACE IN AMERICA
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg.
Films are shown in the outdoor courtyard, so if weather is an issue please check back here beforehand.
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THE JENA 6
In
a small town in Louisiana, six families are fighting for their sons
lives. Two nooses are left as a warning to black students trying to
integrate their playground, fights break out across town, a white man
pulls a shotgun on black students, someone burns down most of the
school, the DA puts six black students on trial for attempted murder,
and the quiet town of Jena becomes the site of the largest civil rights
demonstration in the South since the 1960s. THE JENA 6 is the story of
hidden racial inequality and violence becoming visible. It is a
powerful symbol for, and example of, how racial justice works in
America where the lynching noose has been replaced by the DA's pen. (2008, 28 mins.)
AMERICANS ON HOLD: PROFILING, PREJUDICE, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Americans
on Hold: Profiling, Prejudice, and National Security is a timely and
powerful documentary film that exposes the U.S. government’s use
of discriminatory profiling in the name of national security, and its
impact on South Asian, Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim community
members. Produced by the Center for Human Rights and Global
Justice (CHRGJ) at New York University School of Law, AMERICANS ON HOLD
reveals the harmful effects of prejudicial and ineffective U.S.
counter-terrorism and immigration policies. (2010, 30 mins.)
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Wednesday, June 6 @ 8:30pm
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MARGIN CALL
An
all-star cast shines in this engrossing drama about a critical 24-hour
period at a high-profile investment bank in the early days of the 2008
financial crisis, when young analyst Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto)
uncovers information that could destroy the firm. When he alerts upper
management to the precarious position of their risky investments, an
emergency meeting is held to decide if they should alert clients or
abscond with the profits. (2011, 91 mins.)
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg.
Films are shown in the outdoor courtyard, so if weather is an issue please check back here beforehand.
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Click here to read about Baywalk's attack on civil liberties
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PAST ACTIONS & PHOTOS
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Overlooked Stories
U.S. in Honduras
The U.S. DEA killed at least 4 innocent civilians in Honduras, including two pregnant women and two children (read). More than 600 U.S. troops are in Honduras stationed at three new bases (read).
This year make it 'No Mother's Day'
Christy
Turlington Burns: Mother's Day first pushed bringing sons home from
war. She says we should use the day to focus on health care for women
in pregnancy and childbirth because each year 360,000 women die from
pregnancy and childbirth (read).
Nation of Assassins
Jeremy
Scahill: "We have become a nation of assassins. We have become a nation
that is somehow silent in the face of -- or embraces, as polls indicate
-- the idea that assassination should be one of the centerpieces of US
foreign policy (read).
Incarceration Nation
Even
though crime has dropped 40% in the past 20 years, the U.S. has the
highest incarceration rate in the world with nearly 2.4 million people
behind bars, at a cost of $47,421 per inmate (read).
Pakistan
The
Pakistani parliament unanimously declared that the U.S. must
immediately stop violating its sovereignty, including through drone
strikes (read). U.S. response: Drone strikes will continue (read).
More protests to be illegal
By a vote of 388-3, the
House approved a bill that makes it a federal offense to protest
in instances where some government officials are nearby (read). (Obama signed this into law a few days later).
Click here for more overlooked stories
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