From: "Nowlan, Bob" <RANOWLAN@uwec.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:19:58 -0500 Subject: FW: Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival 2010 Message-ID: <7A17A445D0203848B157E8D70D1AC77E81CF26526C@CHERRYPEPSI.uwec.edu>
Greetings, Friends,
If you could help spread the word about the two sessions mentioned below, i
t would be most appreciated.
Bob Nowlan
From: Nowlan, Bob
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:18 AM
To: 'mike@volumeone.org'; 'trevor@volumeone.org'; 'tyler@volumeone.org'; 'm
ail@volumeone.org'
Cc: Hoelzen, Justin August
Subject: Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival 2010
Greetings, All, Volume One Leaders:
Unfortunately, the listing of one our screenings was inadve
rtently left out of the last two issues of _Volume One_:
Saturday April 24
_Ask Not_, 2:30 pm, in Hibbard Humanities Hall Room 323, Directed by Johnny
Symons, US, 2008, 73 minutes
Ask Not is a rare and compelling documentary film that explores the eff
ects of the US military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay and lesbian
soldiers and service members. The film exposes the tangled political batt
les that led to the discriminatory law and examines the societal shifts tha
t have occurred since its passage in 1993. Current and veteran gay soldier
s reveal how "don't ask, don't tell" affects them during their tours of dut
y, as they struggle to maintain a double life, uncertain of whom they can t
rust. The film also explores how gay veterans and youth organizers are tur
ning to forms of personal activism to overturn the policy. From a national
speaking tour of conservative universities to protests at military recruitm
ent offices, these public events question how the U.S. military can claim t
o represent democracy and freedom while denying one segment of the populati
on the right to serve. [From the Official Website]
This session is being conducted by David Gardner and the UWEC WAGE (Women's
and Gender Equality) Center
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Also, we are holding a special additional screening, Friday April 22, at 7:
30 pm, in Hibbard Humanities Hall Room 323, of _Trouble the Water_, at the
same time as we are screening _Wounded Knee_ in Hibbard Humanities Hall Roo
m 100.
Trouble the Water, Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessen [US], 2008, 90 minu
tes, Unrated.
Trouble the Water takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never bef
ore seen on screen. It's a redemptive tale of two self-described street hu
stlers who become heroes-two unforgettable people who survive the storm and
then seize a chance for a new beginning. The film opens the day before th
e storm makes landfall-twenty-four year old aspiring rap artist Kimberly Ri
vers Roberts is turning her new video camera on herself and her 9th Ward ne
ighbors trapped in the city. "It's going to be a day to remember," Kim dec
lares. With no means to leave the city and equipped with just a few suppli
es and her hi 8 camera, she and her husband Scott tape their harrowing orde
al as the storm rages, the nearby levee breaches, and floodwaters fill thei
r home and their community. Seamlessly weaving 15 minutes of this home mov
ie footage shot the day before and the day of the storm, with archival news
segments and verite footage shot over two years, directors Tia Lessin and
Carl Deal document a journey of remarkable people surviving not only failed
levees, bungling bureaucrats and armed soldiers, but also their own past.
[From the Official Website]
We are writing to ask if you might be able to put notice of these two sessi
ons up on your website. If you could that would undoubtedly be extremely h
elpful.
Thank you very much,
Bob Nowlan