[act-ma] 3/05 Shadows of Liberty

[Charlie Welch]

Film showing and Q&A with Director and other responders after the event.



*ABOUT SHADOWS OF LIBERTY: *Shadows of Liberty reveals the extraordinary 
truth behind the news media: censorship, cover‐ups and corporate 
control. Filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes an intrepid journey 
through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where 
global conglomerates call the shots. For decades, their overwhelming 
influence has distorted news journalism and compromised its values.  In 
highly revealing stories, renowned journalists, activists and academics 
give insider accounts of a broken media system. Controversial news 
reports are suppressed, people are censored for speaking out, and lives 
are shattered as the arena for public expression is turned into a 
private profit zone.  Tracing the story of media manipulation through 
the years, Shadows of Liberty poses a crucial question: why have we let 
a handful of powerful corporations write the news?

*FEATURING**: *Danny Glover, Julian Assange, Dan Rather, Amy Goodman, 
David Simon, Daniel Ellsberg, Norman Solomon, Dick Gregory, Roberta 
Baskin, Robert McChesney, John Nichols, Chris Hedges, Kristina 
Borjesson, and many more. **

*OFFICIAL SELECTION:* IDFA, Sheffield Doc/Fest, HotDocs, Vancouver Intl. 
Film Festival, DOKFILM, Bergen Intl. Film Festival, Canberra Intl. Film 
Festival, Leeds Intl. Film Fest, Docs DF, London Intl. Documentary 
Festival, Open City Documentary Festival

Film Trailer: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SAUborWbPw&feature=c4-overview&list=UU03hWohkXnD212MZ1LRetTA

MIT Building 32-144    7 PM
32 Vassar St, near the corner of Main St. a short walk from Kendal Square
http://whereis.mit.edu/


Free and Open to the Public


Debra Brown
US Outreach Coordinator
Shadows of Liberty
http://www.shadowsofliberty.org <http://www.shadowsofliberty.org/>
Debra at docfactory.org <mailto:Debra at docfactory.org>
720-917-4900