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THIS FRIDAY<BR>
FREE MOVIE NIGHT-- THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES: EL SALVADOR TODAY!<BR>
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PLUS ¿Mes de Independencia?/ Independence Month? FILM SCHEDULE<BR>
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As part of the Latin American Film Series ¿Mes de Independencia?/<BR>
Independence Month? BOSTON CISPES presents a series of short films to<BR>
provide a panoramic view of El Salvador¹s political situation, economy and<BR>
social struggle as it stands today.<BR>
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Then we will tackle the question: Will El Salvador be the next Latin<BR>
American country to go left???<BR>
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Friday September 26th, 7pm<BR>
Lucy Parsons Center<BR>
549 Columbus Avenue<BR>
Boston, MA 02118<BR>
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The evening¹s program will be:<BR>
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** Confronting Empire: Hope, Fear, and US Intervention in El Salvador¹s<BR>
Presidential Elections. An exciting inside view of the 2004 electoral<BR>
battle as told by participants in CISPES¹ election observer delegation.<BR>
This film lays out El Salvador today in 30 minutes!<BR>
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** Medio Pasaje (Half Fare). Shocking documentary of July 2006 police<BR>
invasion of the Salvadoran National University, created by the university<BR>
students themselves. This film documents the brutal police response to<BR>
peaceful student demonstrations for reduced bus fare.<BR>
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** Energetic rally footage of Mauricio Funes, the widely-supported leftist<BR>
presidential candidate, who is leading the polls! <BR>
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** PLUS First-hand testimony from a member of this summer's pre-elections<BR>
delegation to El Salvador. Hear about electoral situation as it stands<BR>
today‹the right-wing set up for fraud, the miasma of political violence--and<BR>
the social movement's response to these threats to democracy.<BR>
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Translation will be available.<BR>
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For more info, contact<BR>
2161 Massachusetts Ave<BR>
Cambridge, MA 02140<BR>
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tel: 617.576.1709<BR>
email: boscispes@speakeasy.net<BR>
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¿Mes de Independencia?/ Independence Month?<BR>
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Films of U.S. Intervention and Community Rebellion and Resistance in Mexico<BR>
and Central America./Cine del Intervencion del Estados Unidos, rebelión y<BR>
resistencia comunitaria en Mexico y America Central.<BR>
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Films with Discussion to follow- FREE / Peliculas con dialogo a seguir-<BR>
GRATIS<BR>
Each Wednesday (and some Fridays)/ Cada Miercoles (y algunos Viernes) 7pm<BR>
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Lucy Parsons Center<BR>
549 Columbus Ave.<BR>
www.lucyparsons.org<BR>
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Wed/Mier 24 September 7pm Film and Discussion: Guatemala Solidarity<BR>
Committee<BR>
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When The Mountains Tremble<BR>
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Shot at the height of a heated battle between the heavily-armed Guatemalan<BR>
Military and a nearly defenseless Mayan population, filmmakers Pamela Yates<BR>
and Newton Thomas Sigel threw themselves into the center of a storm to<BR>
capture live combat footage with a surprisingly robust passion and<BR>
exhilarating flair. As the first film to depict this previously unreported<BR>
war, it is firmly anchored by the firsthand accounts of Rigoberta Menchu<BR>
Quiche Indian woman known around the world for her humanitarian efforts.<BR>
Throughout the imminent chaos and danger, Menchu provides courage and<BR>
optimism in a time where death squads kill without conscience and an<BR>
oppressive dictator seizes power.<BR>
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Cuando tiemblan las montañas<BR>
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Tirado en la altura de una batalla entre la población maya y el militar<BR>
armada guatamalteca, los cineastas Pamela Yates y Newton Thomas Sigel se<BR>
lanzaron en el centro de una tormenta a la cantidad viva del combate de la<BR>
captura con una pasión asombrosamente robusta y un instinto de animación.<BR>
Como la primera película para representar esta guerra previamente no<BR>
denunciada, él es anclada firmemente por las cuentas de primera mano de la<BR>
mujer indigena de la quiche de Rigoberta Menchu conocida en todo el mundo<BR>
para sus esfuerzos humanitarios. A través del caos y del peligro inminentes,<BR>
Menchu proporciona valor y optimismo en una época donde la matanza de los<BR>
escuadrones de la muerte sin conciencia y un dictador opresivo agarra<BR>
energía.<BR>
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More information: http://www.lucyparsons.org/calendar.php<BR>
Mas información- http://www.lucyparsons.org/calendar.php<BR>
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