Voices Of Dissent: Activism & American Democracy

Thu, Mar 23
7 to 9 pm
$8 General, $4 Students & Seniors

Please join us for a special benefit screening of

VOICES OF DISSENT: ACTIVISM & AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

This award-winning film features many of your favorite progressive
activists: Martin Sheen, Woody Harrelson, Michael Franti, Al Franken,
Medea Benjamin, Daniel Ellsberg, Will Durst, Jim Hightower, Norman
Solomon, Joan Blades, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and many more.

After the screening, join a discussion with filmmaker Karil Daniels,
to talk about tactics to oppose Bush and protect authentic democracy.
Get energized, get motivated, get involved and take back America!

Using events, theatre, song, dance, comedy, satire, music, poetry,
interviews with many well-known personalities and the wisdom of our
country's founders, VOICES reminds us of our roots and the
importance of protecting authentic democracy and standing up for
freedom. It challenges anyone who would limit the freedoms and civil
liberties granted in the Constitution and Bill of Rights as
fundamentally un-American, even if they are our own leaders. It
inspires viewers to speak out, vote and actively protect our heritage
of democracy, before we lose it.

VOICES OF DISSENT, a 42 minute documentary, has been honored at 8
film festivals. Now we want to expand it to full feature length for
national theatrical distribution. Proceeds from this screening will
go to support that expansion.

Admission: $8 General/$4 Students & Seniors

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or
that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only
unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American
public." -- Teddy Roosevelt

This event is co-sponsored by New College Center for Education and
Social Action,
and the film is a sponsored project of the Film Arts Foundation, a
non-profit organization.

Please help us get the word out about this event.

Download the poster/flyer artwork: www.VoicesOfDissent.us/
VOICES_poster_flyer.html
Please post and distribute it widely.

For full details on the film go to www.VoicesOfDissent.us

See an 8-minute trailer at: www.VoicesOfDissent.us/video/
VODTrailer1.mpg

If you can't attend but would like to have a copy, you can get a VHS
or DVD copy of VOICES OF DISSENT for only $19.95 + tax & p/h.
For ordering details see www.VoicesOfDissent.us
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VOICES OF DISSENT explores

* Patriot Act conflicts with the Constitution and Bill of Rights

* Various forms of political activism and dissent, from theatrical
performances and group action, to personal acts of defiance

* Shocking police brutality actions against peaceful anti-war
demonstrators and the resulting injuries and public hearing into the
police violence

* Memorable quotes from past presidents and other widely respected
public figures about the nature of dissent and freedom in a true
democracy

* The amazing creativity of dissenters at anti-war rallies and other
actions, as they show their heartfelt opposition to Bush policies in
a wide range of imaginative acts and expressions.

In this difficult political time the antidote to despair is
involvement and action!

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Karil Daniels is a long-time activist film & video maker. She is a
founding member of the Film Arts Foundation and a current member of
the Board of Directors of Bay Area Women in Film and Television. Her
past films, on topics of health alternatives, waterbirth, ecology and
environment, women's issues, sustainability and the arts, have won a
total of 30 festival awards.

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Venue:

New College of California
766 Valencia St. (at 19th St,.) Mission District
San Francisco

Additional Info:

415 821-0435
http://www.VoicesOfDissent.us