June 16, 2005
Fundraiser and screening for Life or Liberty
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Life or Liberty (lifeorliberty.org), a non-profit media project under the fiscal sponsorship of Third World Newsreel, tells the stories of immigrants fighting injustice and racism under post-9/11 policies. Currently in production is Enemy Alien, an hour-long documentary on the two-year fight for the release of Palestinian activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti. This documentary is being produced for public television and theatrical distribution. Funds are needed for production, distribution and outreach.
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Enemy Alien (trailer, 9 minutes)
The dramatic two-year struggle to free Palestinian activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti from illegal Homeland Security detention unfolds through the eyes of the Japanese American filmmaker, as he joins the fight for Farouk’s freedom, and confronts his own family’s World War II internment.
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Rising Up: The Alams (11 minutes)
This documentary shows how the Alams, a Bangladeshi family living in Coney Island, move beyond victimization under anti-Muslim policies to actively fighting for change as members of South Asian community organization D.R.U.M. (Desis Rising Up and Moving).
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
(doors open 6pm, screening at 8p.m.)
White Rabbit
145 East Houston Street
New York City
(between Eldridge and Forsyth Sts., right next door from the Sunrise Theater)
Subway: F to Second Ave. Station
$5 cocktail specials and $3 Dos Equis until 8pm.
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Requested donation: $10
No one will be turned away. Larger donations are sought. Tax-deductible checks can be made out to Third World Newsreel, with “Life or Liberty” in the memo line. Please contact konrad@lifeorliberty.org if you or someone you know may be interested in making a larger donation and being listed in the documentary credits.
Following the screenings will be brief comments from the producer and the Center for Constitutional Rights, an outreach partner for Enemy Alien.
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