<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><font size="2"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Militant Labor Forum Presents --</span></font><br><font size="2"><br></font><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A showing of the Iranian film</span><br><font size="7"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Offside"</span></font><br><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: italic;">Offside</span>
is an Iranian film that presents a refreshing, fun look at how young
women in Iran are challenging restrictions on their rights -- in this
case, the right to go to soccer games.<br><br>In Iran, soccer games are
open only to men, but more and more women are demanding the right to get
into the stadium -- and a growing number are
simply sneaking in. Director Jafar Pahini's movie was inspired in part
by his daughter's attempt to get into a soccer game.<br><br><span style="font-style: italic;">Offside</span>
follows six young women who try to sneak into a soccer stadium to see a
game between Iran and Bahrain and are discovered. Soldiers hold them
in a pen just outside the stadium bleachers, where they can hear the
fame but not see it. The women berate the soldiers for denying them
their right to see the game. The soldiers have a hard time coming up
with reasons why the women should be banned.<br><br></font></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="5">Friday, December 10, 7:30 PM<br>Militant Labor Forum Hall<br>13 Bennington Street, 2nd Floor<br>East Boston, MA 02128</font><br>617-569-9169 or email: bostonmlf@yahoo.com<br>Suggested donation: $5<br><font size="3">Visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.themilitant.com/">themilitant.com</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pathfinderpress.com/">pathfinderpress.com</a> for news, analysis, and books.</font><br><font style="font-style: italic;" size="2">By train, take the Blue Line to Maverick Station and walk down Meridian about five blocks to Bennington at the Liberty Plaza.</font><br></div></div></div>
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