Saturday, January 27, 2007 - Sunday, January 28, 2007, 7pm, 2007
Little Birds
Film Screening: "Little Birds" (2005)
Filmmaker: Takeharu Watai
Documentary film, 103 minutes
Japanese and Arabic with English subtitles
Presented by the Arab Film Festival (www.aff.org)
Both film screenings followed by discussion with the filmmaker and Carolyn Ho, the mother of Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned officer to publicly refuse deployment to the Iraq war.
Saturday, January 27, 7:00 p.m.
Humanist Hall
390 27th Street, Oakland
Sunday, January 28, 7:00 p.m.
Women's Building
3543 18th Street, San Francisco
General Admission: $8.00
Seniors, Students, and Arab Film Festival members: $6.00
For tickets and info: 415-564-1100 or www.aff.org
About "Little Birds"
A prize-winning Japanese independent journalist, Takeharu Watai, has produced "Little Birds." This film depicts the daily lives of Iraqi people following the launch of the U.S.-led war on the country in March 2003. In Baghdad, Samawa, Falluja, and at Abu Ghraib, Watai listened to the voices of the Iraqi people and succeeded in catching glimpses of the truth about the Iraq war that mainstream media have failed to capture. To capture the true essence of the situation in Iraq, the filmmaker purposely left out narration and background music. He simply allowed the daily sounds of air bombardments, helicopters, and approaching armored vehicles to tell the story.
Filmmaker: Takeharu Watai
Documentary film, 103 minutes
Japanese and Arabic with English subtitles
Presented by the Arab Film Festival (www.aff.org)
Both film screenings followed by discussion with the filmmaker and Carolyn Ho, the mother of Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned officer to publicly refuse deployment to the Iraq war.
Saturday, January 27, 7:00 p.m.
Humanist Hall
390 27th Street, Oakland
Sunday, January 28, 7:00 p.m.
Women's Building
3543 18th Street, San Francisco
General Admission: $8.00
Seniors, Students, and Arab Film Festival members: $6.00
For tickets and info: 415-564-1100 or www.aff.org
About "Little Birds"
A prize-winning Japanese independent journalist, Takeharu Watai, has produced "Little Birds." This film depicts the daily lives of Iraqi people following the launch of the U.S.-led war on the country in March 2003. In Baghdad, Samawa, Falluja, and at Abu Ghraib, Watai listened to the voices of the Iraqi people and succeeded in catching glimpses of the truth about the Iraq war that mainstream media have failed to capture. To capture the true essence of the situation in Iraq, the filmmaker purposely left out narration and background music. He simply allowed the daily sounds of air bombardments, helicopters, and approaching armored vehicles to tell the story.
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