Recept for the filmmakers and special guest
Sala 19 on 19th Street between 5th and 6th
from 10pm to midnight — all invited! Tapas!

The Least of These
Clearview Cinema on West 23rd Street
New York City, 8pm
As part of the New York Latino International Film Festival

The US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba houses the notorious detention center for persons deemed by the US Government to be terrorists. They are held here without Constitutional or Geneva Convention rights. Naomi Wolf reports in the London Times on her recent visit and concludes that conditions are little changed from the End of America report before the US Presidential Election.

Several weeks ago, Scott Kirsner, writer, speaker, panel moderator, and blogger at CinemaTech, asked me to review his new book, the cover of which is highlighted above. The finest way to complement an author is to buy his or her book, so the first thing was to visit Amazon and buy 5 copies. Passing around four of them quickly generated feedback (more…)

The Devil Came on Horseback, the extraordinary film on the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, has been nominated for 3 Emmy Awards following its television presentation on the National Geographic Channel. This film, by Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern of Breakthru Films, is another stunning addition to their growing body of work. Check out (more…)

Plays PBS tonight at 10pm, Directed by Ellen Kuras and
Thavisouk Phrasavath, Produced by IndiePix Filmmaker
Chiemi Karasawa — see these links …
http ://www.pbs.org/pov/betrayal/
http ://www.thebetrayalmovie.com