have you ever hosted or attended a house party movie/video screening???they are very cool because they are like miniature town hall meetings that encourage democratic dialogue and organizing amongst community members who share a common vision about justice, fairness, and the maturation of human society as it seeks to survive in a world that is very different from the one in which "fight or flight" and other human genetic responses first evolved...
NEXT MONDAY amnesty international nashville is hosting a house party to screen the acclaimed docu-drama The Road to Guantanamo (trailer below)...
The Road to Guantanamo focuses on the story of the 'tipton three' - young guys from brmingham, england who travel to pakistan to organise a wedding, decided to pop over to afghanistan to 'help' and ended up getting embroiled in the conflict, captured with taliban fighters and subsequently picked up by us marines for the crime of speaking english in a foreign country...from this point 'til their release, they are essentially told that they are al qaeda in the hope that they'll admit to what is obviously not true...if you can put yourself in their places, this is a harrowing film - being in a situation where you are being bullied and tortured - via some truly horrible methods and treatment - into admitting you're something you're not, with no means of proving your innocence must be...well...
What: Home Screening of The Road to Guantanamo
When: Monday, March 19, 6:30 pm
Where: Bellevue at 821 Stirrup Drive, 37221,
RSVP: (required): Philip Vest 615-662-1251
When: Monday, March 19, 6:30 pm
Where: Bellevue at 821 Stirrup Drive, 37221,
RSVP: (required): Philip Vest 615-662-1251
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