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Knoxville Independent Film Series

Sunday, 07 November 2004
7:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Organizer: John Johnson

Knoxville Independent Film Series:

All screenings at 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm
at the Pilot Light in the Old City of downtown Knoxville.
The Pilot Light is located at 106 E. Jackson St. www.pilotlight.com, 865-524-8188.

Free and Open to the public, donations encouraged.
Proceeds will be benefit KFAR 90.9 FM – Knoxville’s First Amendment Radio – www.kfar.org

Sunday, October 10th – “Outfoxed”
This film examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know. This documentary also reveals the secrets of Former Fox news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it's like to work for Fox News. www.outfoxed.org

Sunday, October 24th – “The Corporation”
This complex and highly entertaining documentary examines the far-reaching repercussions of the corporation’s increasing preeminence. Based on Joel Bakan’s book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, the film is a timely, critical inquiry that invites CEOs, whistle-blowers, brokers, gurus, spies, players, pawns and pundits on a graphic and engaging quest to reveal the corporation’s inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures. Featuring illuminating interviews with Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, Howard Zinn and many others.

Sunday, November 7th – “The 4th World War”
A film from the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, 'the North' from Seattle to Genova, and the 'War on Terror' in New York, Afghanistan, and Iraq. It is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated in this war. www.bignoisefilms.com

Sunday, November 21st – “The Miami Model”
In November 2003, trade ministers from 34 countries met in Miami, Florida, to negotiate the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). To show their opposition to the FTAA, thousands of union members, environmentalists, and human rights activists also gathered in Miami. What happened there was a disturbing example of the state of free speech under a wartime president. Protestors were attacked with rubber bullets, pepper spray, electric tazer guns, and shock batons, all coordinated by the new United States Department of Homeland Security, and paid for by an $8.5 million line item within the $87 billion appropriation for the Iraq war. THE MIAMI MODEL also showcases the issues that drove the protestors to Miami, and the alternative models of grassroots resistance, creative action sustainable development, and solidarity that they came to promote. www.ftaaimc.org/miamimodel


For more information, please contact: johnjef (at) bledsoe.net or call 865-522-6527

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