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October 7 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: “The Global Brain” and “The White Hole In Time”
TWO FILMS: “THE GLOBAL BRAIN” (30 min, Peter Russell)
“The Global Brain” weaves a blend of physics, psychology and philosophy to paint a hopeful new picture of humanity and the times we are passing through. It explores the idea of the Earth as an integrated self-regulated living organism (Gaia), and considers what function the human race may be playing in this system. Using visual collages, an inspiring and optimistic vision of humanity's future unfolds.
“THE WHITE HOLE IN TIME” (25 min, Peter Russell)
Building on the previous film, “The White Hole In Time” proposes that we stand on the threshold of a major leap in evolution, as significant as the emergence of life itself, and the essence of this leap is inner spiritual development. Moreover, he maintains that it is only through such a shift in consciousness that we will be able to manage successfully the global crises now facing us.
Followed by Open Discussion.
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September 30 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: "Ladies First"
Film: “LADIES FIRST”: The Role of Women in Rwanda's Nation Building (56 min, Gini Reticker, 2004).
Seventy percent of Rwanda's population is female. The women of Rwanda have become the central force in the effort to rebuild, recover and overcome the devastation of civil war and genocide. “Ladies First” explores the role of women in the rebuilding of Rwanda and the challenges they face. Facilitated Discussion Follows with ties to last week’s film. - To receive future email events announcements: wnfp@bridgings.org
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September 24 (Saturday) - Protest / Demonstration
Stop the War on Iraq
Nationally Coordinated rallyand march to stop the war on Iraq, oppose colonial occupation in Iraq, Haiti, Palestine... more...
September 23 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: "Sometimes In April"
Friday, September 23, 2005 - 7:00PM
Film: “SOMETIMES IN APRIL” (140 min, Raoul Peck, 2005)
Dramatization of the brutal events that befell the citizens of Rwanda in April 1994. As gruesome events unfold, two Hutu brothers’ lives are immeasurably changed in ways they never thought possible. A courageous, brave piece of filmmaking that stands alongside Terry George's HOTEL RWANDA as a document of a tragic time. Facilitated Discussion Follows. - To receive future email events announcements: wnfp@bridgings.org
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September 16 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: "The Trials Of Henry Kissinger"
Film: “THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER” (80 min, Eugene Jarecki, 2002)
Documentary archival footage from the Nixon era paints a portrait of Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. The film argues that he was a power-hungry warmonger, and was responsible for massive military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia, and East Timor in the 1960s, as well as the assassination of a Chilean leader in 1970. Facilitated Discussion with ties to last week’s film.
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September 9 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: “MACHUCA”
Set in Autumn 1973, amidst the backdrop of the chaotic US-sponsored 1973 coup of President Salvador Allende that plunged the country of Chile into 30 years of horrific injustice, the Chilean film MACHUCA is a coming-of-age tale, told from the perspective of two 11-year-old boys literally from opposite sides of the tracks. more...
August 20 (Saturday) - Music / Entertainment
Seattle Hempfest XIV
Hempfest is the world's largest Protestival promoting Hemp Education and an end to failed US Drug War policies, racial profiling, asset forfiture, and the persecution of medical marijuana patients. Volunteer Aug 18th through 23rd for any of dozens of crews at www.hempfest.org/staff
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August 19 (Friday) - Film / Video
This Divided State
Award winning political documentary chronicles the uproar caused when a college in the most conservative town in the nation invives Michael Moore to speak two weeks before the polarizing 2004 Presidential election.
“* * * *. Frequently Funny, sometimes sad, often electrifying.”
-David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor
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August 19 (Friday) - Film / Video
Movies In The Park! A screening of Granito de Arena.
Granito de Arena (Grain of Sand) is a film about the privatization of the public education in Mexico and the sustained popular resistance to economic globalization. Be here at 7:30 for desserts, discussion and Fair Trade coffee. Screening at 8:30. more...
August 17 (Wednesday) - Film / Video
Film Screening: "Eyewitness in Iraq" and "Testimonies from Falluja"
PepperSpray Productions is proud to present the world premiere screening of two of the most important films about Iraq that you may ever see: “Eyewitness in Iraq: Dahr Jamail, an Unembedded Report,” and “Testimonies From Falluja.” Take this rare opportunity to see exclusive interviews, footage and photographs from inside Iraq, and support independent journalism both here and abroad. more...
August 13 (Saturday) - Other
Rolling Thunder Democracy Festival
Rolling Thunder is a festival of music, speakers, workshops, a wealth of activist information, art, and games for all ages. The Northwest progressive community is invited to come celebrate, network, and prepare to take our democracy back! more...
August 11 (Thursday) - Meeting
Student Walkout against Bush's War Planning Meeting
We would like to invite every young person, anti-war activist, anti-war organization, and counter-recruitment organization to a coalition meeting to organize a county-wide student walkout in mid-October and coordinate efforts to counter military recruiters in schools. This youth-led coalition could help reduce duplicating counter-recruitment efforts and coordinate actions together like the walkout and the action at the September 7th Seattle School Board meeting. more...
August 7 (Sunday) -
"Shock and Awe" Film Screening and Benefit for Not In Our Name
As the occupation in Iraq progresses little is heard in mainstream media from the people who live there. Join us for a special screening of a documentary based on the people of Iraq and their struggle to survive 13 years of U.S. sanctions and unjustified war. Discussion following with Sam Seedorf, a Human Shield in Iraq in February and March 2003.
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August 6 (Saturday) - Lecture / Talk
The World Can't Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regime: Seattle Kick-Off Event!
Writer and international activist Larry Everest on the new national campaign to drive out the Bush regime. Hear how we in our millions can accomplish this, and help kick-off plans to launch this historic movement in Seattle. Larry just returned from testifying at the World Tribunal on Iraq in Istanbul, Turkey.
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August 4 (Thursday) - Conference
TIME TO CARE: Take Back Your Time North American Conference
Time to Care: Best policies and practices for work, family and community balance and personal well-being. Evening program is open to the public. Suggested donation $10. BILL DOHERTY is the co-founder of the organization Putting Family First, co-author of the book, Putting Family First, and professor of family social science and director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at the University of Minnesota. more...
July 23 (Saturday) - Meeting
Town Hall Meeting on the Downing Street Minutes
Jim McDermott will be at a Town Hall meeting to discuss the implications of the Downing Street Minutes and what citizens can do to call for an inquiry into the manipulations and falsehoods of pre-war intelligence that led to the war on Iraq. more...
July 22 (Friday) - Film / Video
Movie and DIscussion Night: "Rachel Corrie: An American Conscience"
Activists from all struggles have been deeply affected by Rachel's story and the struggle of the Palestinian people resonates for all who care about issues of human rights and justice. Palestinian director Yahya Barakat's power documentary goes beyond the politics of the Occupation to depict facts on the ground. The director shows the Palestinian dilemma and what motivates members of the international peace movement to come to Palestine. more...
July 17 (Sunday) - Workshop / Training
Exploring Local Living Economies and Community-based Business
This 7-day course asks "What exactly is the local alternative to the global economy?" and introduces a new framework for thinking about and building stronger local economies that promote local ownership, self-reliance, sustainability and justice. more...
July 15 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: “PORTRAIT OF TERESA”
“PORTRAIT OF TERESA” (1979, Pastor Vega, 103 minutes, Cuba, Spanish language with English subtitles) is perhaps the most controversial film yet from Cuba. Teresa, portrayed by Daisy Granados, is a housewife and mother, who works in a textile factory. Her involvement in political and cultural groups incurs the displeasure of her husband who expects her to be waiting for him with a hot meal at night. The resulting difficulty in the marriage is depicted with compassion and authenticity. Though center-stage belongs to Teresa, it is the bond of sexual and emotional empathy between her and her husband (played by Adolfo Llaurado) that gives the film its intensity and anguish. Co-sponsored with the US Women and Cuba Collaboration www.womenandcuba.org. . FREE!! (Donations Appreciated). Join our email film announcement list at: wnfp@bridgings.org. more...
July 15 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night Green Flicks featuring "Monumental: David Brower's Fight to Protect Wild America!"
Join NWEEC for Friday Night Green Flicks! From 5:30 - 7:30 P.M. there will be an organic "happy hour" featuring beer, wine, food, and good conversation, followed by a film screening of "MONUMENTAL: DAVID BROWER'S FIGHT TO PROTECT WILD AMERICA" from 7:30 - 8:45 P.M. Suggested donation $10. more...
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