8/23-Screening of VOICES OF DISSENT in San Mateo + more August 23, 2006

If you have not yet seen VOICES OF DISSENT: ACTIVISM & AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, there is a screening happening this week.

Location: Unitarian Universalists, 300 East Santa Inez, (at Ellsworth), San Mateo (only 20 minutes south of SF, near the airport).
When: Wednesday, August 23, 7:30 to 9:30 pm

In person:
Singing & guitar performance by Greg Frediani
Poetry performance by Drew Dellinger, founder of Poets for Global Justice.
Discussion with Karil Daniels, Producer/Director, after the screening.

This multiple award-winning film features many of your favorite progressive activists, including Martin Sheen, Woody Harrelson, Michael Franti, Al Franken, Jim Hightower, Medea Benjamin, Norman Solomon, Daniel Ellsberg, Arianna Huffington, Ambassador Joseph Wilson, Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Will Durst, Bill Santiago, Paul Krugman, Joan Blades, Drew Dellinger, Starhawk, Ron Kovic and many more.

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 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 of dissent.

See a sample clip at http://www.VoicesOfDissent.us

After the screening, join a discussion with filmmaker Karil Daniels to talk about the Bush government's attack on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and how we can oppose them to protect and defend authentic democracy.

Karil Daniels is a long-time activist filmaker and 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.

Suggested donation $5, or whatever you'd like to give.
Hope to see you there!
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Karil Daniels • Point of View Productions
T: 415- 821-0435 • [email protected]
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." -- Thomas Jefferson
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