August 24, 2005
TOPIC: Soldiers Speak Out
GUESTS: Barbara Trent, Oscar winning film maker
President Bush will spend two hours today with families of soldiers killed in Iraq, but they won't include Cindy Sheehan. Sheehan and her supporters in the antiwar movement have been camping for almost three weeks in Crawford, Texas, near Bush’s ranch, demanding a meeting with the President. Sheehan says she simply wants to know what the noble cause was that her son died for. The antiwar movement has gained steam nationally as a result of the growing presence at Camp Casey. Yesterday Bush said of Cindy Sheehan, "She doesn't represent the view of a lot of the families I have met with." We speak today with award winning film maker, Barbara Trent, who is working on a film about US soldiers fighting in the war in Iraq. She won an Oscar for her film Panama Deception about the US aggression in Panama. She has made films about Nicaaragua, the Iran-Contra affair, and the antiwar movement. Her latest film is called “Soldiers Speak Out.” Barbara Trent will be in LA later this week for a series of local events.
Screenings and other events with Barbara Trent:
Friday, August 26th at 7:00 PM at Theater Palisades 941 Temescal Canyon Rd, Pacific Palisades 90272. RSVP via E-mail: Bob@FriendsOfFilm.com or Call: (310)429-5016
Saturday, August 27th at 5:30 PM at the Christian Fellowship Church 269 Old Topanga Cyn Blvd, Topanga 90290, RSVP (310) 455-9389
Wednesday, August 31st a Filmmaking & Distribution Workshop at 7:30 PM at CINEMA LIBRE STUDIO, 8328 De Soto Ave, Canoga Park, CA 91304. Call: (323) 650-8166 or E-mail: mail@arlingtonwestfilm.com
Thursday, September 1st at 7:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church 5654 Ralston St, Ventura CA 93003. RSVP Lynn: (805) 647-6596
TOPIC: An in-depth perspective on media and war
GUESTS: Afshin Rattansi, former producer for Al Jazeera’s flagship documentary series, Top Secret
Recently the Qatar funded Arabic language TV station, Al Jazeera aired a documentary about the Palestinian female suicide bomber, Hanadi Jaradat. Al Jazeera is known for its bold programming, and extraordinary access to both heads of state and militant fighters. As a result it has attracted the wrath of the Bush administration, whose policies are frequently critiqued on the air. In fact, Venezuela’s new TV station, Telesur, has been dubbed by US commentators as “a Latin American Al Jazeera, being run by radical leftists.” Al Jazeera is poised to begin operations on an English language counterpart. I spoke yesterday with Afshin Rattansi, former producer of the flagship documentary series on Al Jazeera, Top Secret. He was based in Al Jazeera’s London bureau. Afshin also worked on the BBC’s Today Program, as well as CNN.
TOPIC: Oil Protests in Ecuador
GUESTS: Toni Solo, activist and journalist based in Central America
Last week protests rocked Ecuador over the issue of oil exports, leading to dozens injured and a suspension of exports. News correspondents say the unrest is the worst faced by Ecuadorian president Alfredo Palacio since he came to power in April, after taking over from Lucio Gutierrez. Guillermo Munoz, governor of Sucumbios was quoted in the LA Times as saying, "We are demanding vindication for so much maltreatment, humiliation, exclusion, poverty and misery that we live with in comparison to the riches that the oil companies take away," Sucumbios is one of two jungle provinces placed under a state of emergency last week. Protest leaders have been in talks with government officials and oil company executives for the past two days.
Read Toni Solo’s article on Ecuador at http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=62&ItemID=8516/
Toni’s website is www.tonisolo.net.
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