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Jeff Cassens and Marcus Albrecht invite you to

A SPECIAL FILM SERIES which asks the question:

“WHAT ARE APPROPRIATE POLITICAL AND ETHICAL CITIZENSHIP RESPONSES TO THE WAR IN IRAQ?”

August 20 - “Conspiracy” (2002)

On January 20, 1942, Nazi commanders and government officials held a special meeting. From this meeting a final solution would result in sealing the fate of six million people. This film is based on the only account of that meeting.

September 3 – “Fahrenheit 9/11” (2004)

What happened to the US after September 11 and how the Bush Administration used the tragic event to push forward unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

September 17 – “Control Room” (2004)

A film about Al Jazeera and its relations with the US Central Command as well as other news organizations that covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

October 1 - “Iraq for Sale” (2006)

A film about the Iraq War and the behavior of companies with no-bid contracts working within Iraq. The film claims that Blackwater, KBR-Halliburton, CACI and Tiran are overbilling the US government and doing substandard work while endangering the lives of American soldiers.

October 15 – “Redacted” (2007)

This film is a drama based on the Mahmudiyah killings, the gang-rape, murder and burning of a fourteen year old Iraqi girl in March 2006 by US soldiers, who also killed her parents and younger sister.

October 29 – “Rendition” (2007)

This film centers on the controversial CIA practice of extraordinary rendition. It is based on the true story of a Canadian telecommunication engineer who was deported to Syria and tortured in an apparent example of the US policy of extraordinary rendition.

November 5 – “Stop-Loss” (2008)

After serving tour of duties in Iraq, some American soldiers are ordered to return to the frontlines as part of the military’s controversial stop-loss policy. This film presents the impact of the stop-loss policy upon a decorated war veteran who once served his country with pride.

November 19 – “The Valley of Elah” (2007)

This film is based on actual events, and explores themes including the Iraq war, abuse of prisoners post-traumatic stress disorder following active combat and portrays a father’s hunt for his son’s killers. The plot hews very closely to the story of Richard Davis, an Iraq War veteran murdered upon his return home in 2003.
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Films will be shown in the Public Meeting Room of the Edwardsville Public Library beginning at 6:30 p.m. A discussion of the film and issues raised will take place following the viewing the film.