[antiwar-van] **STARTS TOMORROW!** MAWO's 5th Annual Antiwar Film Festival "The Battle of Ideas!"

[Kira Koshelanyk]

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5th ANNUAL MAWO ANTIWAR FILM FESTIVAL
"THE BATTLE OF IDEAS!"
Organized by Mobilization Against War & Occupation
[MAWO]
Organized in Partnership with the Britannia Community
Services Center
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SATURDAY Dec. 15th, 10:00AM – 9:30PM
SUNDAY Dec. 16th, 10:00AM – 9:00PM
Britannia Community Center
(1661 Napier Street @ Commercial Drive)
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> Day 1 – Dec 15th Theme: "The New Era of War and
Occupation"
> Day 2 – Dec 16th Theme: "A New World is Possible:
Films from Cuba"

**FULL PROGRAM RELEASED! Please go to
http://mawovancouver.org/071215-16-filmfest.html
for film details and schedule!

With two full days of over 20 films ranging from
Canadian premieres of antiwar feature films and new
documentaries to independent films and Cuban
classics, the Mobilization Against War & Occupation
(MAWO) 5th Annual Antiwar Film Festival is not to be
missed!

The theme of this year’s festival “The Battle of
Ideas” is inspired by the struggle of ideas that is
gripping the world we live in today. On one side are
the ideas and policy of war, profiteering and plunder
waged by the US, UK and Canada against oppressed
people in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and
across the world. On the other side of this battle
are the ideas of working people, students, women,
immigrants, refugees and people of the 3rd world
fighting back against destruction, war and
exploitation with the knowledge that a better world
is possible – and that we can achieve it! The annual
antiwar film festival is a cultural reflection of
this struggle shown through the medium of film.

>>>Special Guest: FERNANDO SUAREZ… a Mexican
immigrant to California whose son Jesus Suarez was
killed in Iraq a week after the war began. He founded
the counter-recruitment organization “Proyecto
Guerrero Azteca”, and does extensive community work
with Latino youth. Fernando will introduce the film,
“The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez”, as well
as a short film made about his son.

>>>Special Guest: GLORIA LA RIVA…is the coordinator
of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five,
based in San Francisco. She has spoken
internationally on the case of the Cuban 5, and is
also active with the US national antiwar coalition,
Act Now to Stop War & Occupation. She is also a
filmmaker, having produced several films such as
“NATO Targets,” Workers’ Democracy in Cuba” and
”Genocide for Sanctions.

>>>Special Guest: MARIO LEE… is an award-winning"
member of the Korea Independent Film and Video
Association, and the Seoul Visual Collective for
Documentary Film Making. His films focus on the
contradictions in Korean society, and bringing to
light the hidden stories of people fighting for
justice. He is currently living in Vancouver and
produced the new documentary, “Anti-War and Social
Justice Activists Under Attack: The case of Alison
Bodine”

Go to
http://mawovancouver.org/071215-16-filmfest.html
for film details and schedule!

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MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
http://MAWOVANCOUVER.ORG
mailto: info at mawovancouver.org
P. 604.322.1764
F. 604.322.1763
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