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1 Week Until the IDF Human Rights Film Series! |
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by Jen Tayabji
Email: tayabji (nospam) shout.net (verified)
Phone: (217) 352-8721
Address: 610 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign, IL 61820 |
01 Mar 2006
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The Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) is pleased to present...
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5th Annual Human Rights Film Series
Spring 2006
7-9pm
At the IDF**
Free Admission and Snacks
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It's time again for our annual Human Rights Film Series! The Human Rights Film Series is an opportunity for campus and community members to come together to view and discuss films pertinent to those issues that face us all. Following each film, there will be a discussion facilitated by a local campus or community member who has expertise on the topic of the documentary. The films will be shown using IDF’s newly purchased projector and large screen. Light snacks and refreshments will be available!
This spring, we have organized an exciting film series that not only highlights those issues relevant to CU residents, but those to which many local residents have committed their own life and work. See below for more information on the film being shown this spring!
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THE SOLDIERS’ HEART
Thursday, March 9 @ 7pm
The military teaches soldiers how to fight, how to kill, how to survive. But who teaches them how to live with themselves? FRONTLINE examines the underreported story of the Iraq War: the psychological cost on those who fight it. Today it’s commonly referred to as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. A study commissioned by the Army shows that one in six veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from PTSD. Yet the fear of being labeled a “coward” keeps many soldiers from seeking help. This documentary features expert testimony from mental health professionals and most importantly first-hand experiences from the veterans themselves.
For more information: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heart/
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Two labor rights films!
WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE
LOCKOUT 484
Thursday, March 16 @ 7pm
Given the recent opening of the new Urbana Wal-Mart despite strong local opposition, Wal-Mart's unscrupulous employment and business strategies have become a topic of conversation in Urbana-Champaign. WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE gives local citizens an opportunity to better understand the retail giant's assault on families and American values. The film dives into the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to fight a goliath. A working mother is forced to turn to public assistance to provide healthcare for her two small children. A Missouri family loses its business after Wal-Mart is given over $2 million to open its doors down the road. A mayor struggles to equip his first responders after Wal-Mart pulls out and relocates just outside the city limits. A community in California unites, takes on the giant, and wins!
LOCKOUT 484 covers another labor rights issue. In February 2005, Celanese, a major transnational corporation, bought a chemical plant in the small town of Meredosia, IL. Celanese demanded up to a 33% cut in pay and a reduction of health care benefits. When the workers asked for an extension and more information, the corporation locked them out and replaced them with unskilled workers.
For more information on WAL-MART: http://www.walmartmovie.com/
For more information on LOCKOUT 484: http://www.lockout484.org/story.html
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Film clips on three very important healthcare issues!
NAVIGATING THE NEW MEDICARE RX LAW
THE DEBATE OVER PLAN B
UNREGULATED, UNTESTED, UNSAFE: THE US GUN INDUSTRY
Thursday, March 30 at 7pm
NAVIGATING THE NEW MEDICARE RX LAW, hosted by Walter Cronkite, includes an overview of the low-income benefit, as well as details about the many shortcomings of the law. Seniors will learn that, under the new law:
* The Medicare program is prohibited from negotiating lower drug prices;
* There is a significant gap in coverage being referred to as the "doughnut hole";
* Seniors will only be allowed to purchase less expensive drugs from Canada if the Secretary of Health and Human Services gives his explicit approval;
* Low-income seniors will receive special help;
* There is a strict assets test, which will disqualify many low-income seniors from receiving the help they need; and
* Seniors can get a discount card this spring, and they will be locked into one discount card for a year while the drugs covered by the card and the amount of the discount may change every week.
For more information: http://www.familiesusa.org/issues/medicare/road-show/
THE DEBATE OVER PLAN B examines the controversy behind what is commonly known as the Morning After Pill. While the pill is completely safe, anti-abortion advocates have taken serious measures to block its over the counter sale. This segment takes a closer look at the efforts taken to make the Morning after pill available without a prescription and at the efforts to obstruct the Food and Drug Administration's decision to make it available over the counter.
For more information:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/22/60minutes/main1068924.shtml
The film, UNREGULATED, UNTESTED, UNSAFE: THE US GUN INDUSTRY, focuses solely on the consumer product safety approach to gun violence prevention.
For more information:
http://www.consumerfed.org/topics.cfm?section=Health%20and%20Safety&topic=Guns
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THE TAKE
Thursday, April 6 @ 7pm
THE TAKE is a political thriller that turns the globalization debate on its head. The film follows Argentina's radical new movement of occupied businesses: groups of workers who are claiming the country's bankrupt workplaces and running them without bosses. With THE TAKE, director Avi Lewis, one of Canada's most outspoken journalists, and writer Naomi Klein, author of the international bestseller “No Logo,” champion a radical economic manifesto for the 21st century. But what shines through in the film is the simple drama of workers lives and their struggles: the demand for dignity and the searing injustice of dignity denied.
For more information: http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=51363&v=h
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THE TORTURE QUESTION
Thursday, April 13 @ 7pm
In THE TORTURE QUESTION, FRONTLINE traces the history of how decisions made in Washington in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11--including an internal administration battle over the Geneva Conventions--led to a brutal and illegal interrogation policy that laid the groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Iraq.
For more information: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/
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This spring, the Human Rights Film Series is cosponsored by: Action Darfur, Activist Forum, Amnesty International #124, Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort (AWARE), Council on American-Islamic Relations (UI Chapter), Feminist Majority, Muslim Student Association, Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative (PRC), School for Designing a Society, Socialist Forum, Student ACLU, UC Friends Peace and Service Committee, University YMCA, University YWCA, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War (CU Chapter).
The Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) is a pioneering peace with justice campus ministry and non-profit organization located on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. For more information about the film series or the IDF, please contact us at (217) 352-8721, idf (at) prairienet.org, or visit our website at http://www.prairienet.org/idf.
**The IDF is located at the NW corner of Springfield and Wright streets in Champaign. It is only 2 blocks from the U of I Quad and on several CU-MTD bus routes. Limited free parking is available. The film series is wheelchair accessible. |
See also:
http://www.prairienet.org/idf
http://www.prairienet.org/idf/filmseries.html
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