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<h1><b>Special for OCT: we are honored to have film director </b><b><u>Regis
Tremblay</u></b> on hand for Q&A!!</h1>
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<p><big><big><b><a
href="http://rule19.org/download-film/film-131017-Ghosts%20of%20Jeju.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true"><img
src="cid:part1.04090709.06090903@mynas.com"
alt=""
shrunked:resized="false"
width="573" align="right"
border="2" height="741"
hspace="10"></a>The Ghosts
of JeJu</b></big><b><br>
</b></big></p>
<p>Showing Thursday, October 17, in
Cambridge <br>
[<a
href="http://rule19.org/download-film/film-131017-Ghosts%20of%20Jeju.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true">please
download & distribute flyer</a>]<br>
</p>
<p>Set in the context of the American
presence in Korea since 1945, the film
reveals unimaginable atrocities
committed at the hands of the U.S.
Military Government in Korea
immediately after WWII. It is not a
history of '<i>the Forgotten War</i>,'
but for the first time reveals the
struggle of the people of Jeju Island,
S. Korea to resist US occupation.</p>
<p> The film places the modern-day
protest by the peaceful people of Jeju
Island, S. Korea against the
construction of a massive US naval
base in the tiny village of Gangjeong
in the context of the massacre of as
many as 80,000 of their fellow
citizens only 60 years ago. </p>
<p> Using previously secret and
classified photos, film and documents,
this is the first English-language
documentary about the struggle of the
brave people of Gangjeong Village who
are opposing the military advance of
the United States, just as their
parents and relatives did in 1947. As
then, they are being arrested, jailed,
fined, and hospitalized for resisting
the construction of a massive naval
base that will accommodate America's
'pivot to Asia,' and will destroy
their 400 year old village and their
UNESCO protected environment.</p>
<p> And yet, the indomitable spirit of
the villagers and their supporters,
who have not lost hope in spite of
overwhelming odds, will inspire and
motivate everyone who believes there
is a better way to live together on
this planet.</p>
<p> "<i>the least we can do is to
amplify their voices, for with
citizenship in America and the
world, comes responsibility.</i>"
~Regis Tremblay, director</p>
<p> The people of Gangjeong are not
alone in this struggle opposing the
U.S. military expansion. All of the
islands of the Pacific from Hawaii to
Okinawa, to Guam, The Philippines and
all the way down to Australia are
rising up against American imperialism
as the U.S. uses fear and power to
coerce their leaders to either build
or open up their ports and bases to
the American military.</p>
<p> "<i>We don't want a war base on the
Island of Peace</i>." <br>
~ savejejunow.org</p>
<p> "<i>It's not easy being a
flag-waving American nationalist. In
addition to having to deal with the
usual disillusion, anger, and scorn
from around the world incited by
Washington's endless bombings and
endless wars, the nationalist is
assaulted by whistle blowers like
Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden,
who have disclosed a steady stream
of human-rights and civil-liberties
scandals, atrocities, embarrassing
lies, and embarrassing truths.</i>"<br>
~ William Blum</p>
<p> "<i>The double standards imposed on
North Korea remain ever apparent, as
the international community remains
silent as [US backed] South Korea
expands its arsenal of advanced
military technology in an effort to
become the world's seventh largest
arms exporter</i>"<br>
~ Nile Bowie</p>
<p><b><img alt=""
src="cid:part4.06010701.02060900@mynas.com"
width="400" align="right"
height="205" hspace="10">When/where</b><br>
doors open 6:40; film starts promptly
7pm<br>
243 Broadway, Cambridge - corner of
Broadway and Windsor,<br>
entrance on Windsor<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://rule19.org/videos">rule19.org/videos</a></p>
<p> Please join us for a stimulating
night out; bring your friends!<br>
free film & free door prizes<br>
[donations are encouraged]<br>
feel free to bring your own snacks and
soft drinks - no alcohol allowed</p>
<p>"You can't legislate good will - that
comes through education." ~ Malcolm X</p>
<p> <b>UPandOUT film series</b> - see <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://rule19.org/videos">rule19.org/videos</a></p>
<p> Why should YOU care? It's YOUR money
that pays for US/Israeli wars - on
Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine,
Libya. Syria, Iran, So America, etc
etc - for billionaire bailouts, for
ever more ubiquitous US prisons, for
the loss of liberty and civil rights..<br>
<br>
</p>
<h1 class="widget-title">Testimonial</h1>
<div class="textwidget">"<i>It was a
smashing hit....people were crying
and they were clapping at the
end.....I handed out the DVD's
strategically to key leaders in
various Swedish cities, and from
Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany,
Japan and Mexico.....people passed
the hat to send money to the village
but I insisted they keep the money
towards sending a representative
from Sweden to the village
ASAP......they loved the music, the
story, and the resistance.....many
people sent congrats to you....it's
was a European opening night
showing......5 stars. Add Russia to
list of places I sent DVD home
with....a man who works directly for
Putin</i>." <br>
<br>
<em><strong>- Bruce Gagnon, </strong></em><strong></strong>coordinator
of the Global Network Against Weapons<em><strong><br>
<br>
</strong></em><br>
<h2 class="entry-title"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.theghostsofjeju.net/about/">About
Regis</a></h2>
<p>[at TheGhostsofJeju.net]<br>
</p>
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<p><img style="width: 500px; height:
286px;" class="decoded"
alt="http://www.penbaypilot.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_popup/public/Regis_Tremblay.jpg"
src="cid:part8.07020309.09080403@mynas.com" width="500" align="right"
height="286" hspace="10">I am a
filmmaker living in Woolwich,
Maine. In September 2012, I spent
a month in Korea and three weeks
in tiny Gangjeong Village. Little
did I realize what I stumbled
into. Against the will of the
residents of Gangjeong (pop. 1800)
who are mostly fishermen and
farmers, the Korean government and
Navy began building a massive
naval base to accommodate
America’s military pivot to Asia.</p>
<p>The villagers and their peace
worker supporters have been
protesting the construction of the
base 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
for five years. Not only are they
fighting to save their village,
but the entire ecosystem of the
area which has been declared a
positively no construction zone
and a UNESCO Biosphere preserve.
Also threatened are the
Idio-Korean bottle nose dolphins,
rare and endangered crabs and
frogs, and the fresh-water shrimp
that exist only in this village.</p>
<p>Compared to the relatively
short-lived Occupy demonstrations
in the States, I wondered what had
sustained these brave, peaceful
people for five years when they
have been subjected to the brutal
repression of hundreds of police
and security guards. What I didn’t
learn in my history classes was
the role the U.S. Army played in
the massacre of as many as 60,000
peasants on Jeju from 1948-1951.
Because these fiercely independent
people rebelled against the
American occupation and the
imposition of Sigman Rhee, a
brutal dictator, they were labeled
Communists.</p>
<p>Recently revealed secret and
classified documents, film and
photos prove that the Americans
equippped the Korean army and
police, trained them, provided
intelligence, and planned and
directed the Scorched Earth
assault on these innocent men,
women and children.</p>
<p> Only after visiting the Peace
Museum on Jeju commemorating the
massacre which began on April 3,
1948, did I understand the meaning
of the protest and the
perseverance and resolve of the
people of Gangjeong and their
supporters, many of whom survived
the massacre and the others are
immediate descendants of that
horrific period.</p>
<p>Then, as now, the people of Jeju
are fighting for
self-determination, basic human
rights, an open and transparent
democratic process, and the
protection of this rare and
beautiful environment.</p>
<p>My film places the 5-year old
struggle in the context of
America’s global military imperial
domination of the planet through
unrestrained and overwhelming
force. Once again, the people of
Jeju find themselves in the cross
hairs of war between more powerful
empires. And yet, the indomitable
spirit of the Villagers and their
supporters, who have not lost hope
in spite of overwhelming odds,
will inspire and motivate everyone
who believes there is a better way
to live together on this planet.</p>
<i> </i>While the mainstream
industry has ignored the film,
activists around the world and
across the country have acclaimed it
as an important contribution to the
peace movement. To date, it has been
screened in more than a dozen
countries from Sweden, down through
the Pacific to Australia, including
Russia and China.<br>
<br>
Next month I will begin screening it
on a West Coast tour that will take
me from Berkeley, up to Oregon and
Seattle, and then over to
Minneapolis. Following that, I will
be presenting it in Washington,
D.C., Charlottesville, VA, Chicago,
and Florida.<i><br>
<br>
</i></div>
<div><em>Regis Tremblay</em></div>
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<div><i>I offer copies of the DVD for
a donation of $20.</i></div>
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