Salem Progressive Film Series

Start: 03/13/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 03/13/2008 - 10:00pm

The Salem Progressive Film Series continues at the New Grand Theater, 191 High Street NE. The series will be presented the 2nd Thursday of every month, and will include previews, the featured documentary film, expert speakers, post-film discussion, and links to involvement. Admission is $3.00. Doors open at 6:30. This Thursday, the film will be Independent Intervention.

In the theater lobby patrons will find a variety of resource materials on issues related to each evening's film, as well as information on networking/contact opportunities and getting involved in public issues.

Independent Intervention is an award-winning documentary about United States media coverage of the conflict in Iraq. Focusing on the human costs of war, it contrasts corporate-controlled media coverage of the invasion of Iraq with independent media reports of the brutal realities on the ground.

Through discussions with media experts including Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky, Dahr Jamail, Danny Schechter, David Barsamian, Kalle Lasn, Norman Solomon, and James Zogby, the film investigates important issues and systems that govern today's information flow, and shows how these systems of control reveal themselves during times of political turmoil and war.

Independent Intervention also includes commentary by Howard Zinn, Arundhati Roy, Bill Moyers, Michael Moore, and Jeremy Scahill.

WARNING: This film shows images from war.