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Hope that some of you might want to attend. Elaine Antonia<BR><BR>
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From: amyh@texnology.com<BR>To: brookline-announce@lists.riseup.net; bostononestate@lists.riseup.net<BR>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:29:57 -0400<BR>Subject: [bostononestate] Sat Nov 8, 2pm, MFA Film, Lebanon, impact of cluster bombs<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">[I saw this on its first showing and found it very moving-- understated but</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">exposing the outrage that was committed by Israel and the US with our taxdollars</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">supporting the millions of cluster bombs dropped on Lebanon in the last 3 days,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">as the ceasefire was being negotiated. For shame! -- AH]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Saturday, November 8, 2:15 PM</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><EM>Postcard from Lebanon</EM> by Jocelyn Ajami (2008, 35 min.) In 2006, six weeks after the war between Israel and Lebanon, a group of American political leaders and journalists visited Lebanon to assess the destruction. <I>Postcards from Lebanon</I> is an eyewitness report of their visit and underlines some of the consequences of war, including the impact of cluster bombs on civilians. Director present. </DIV>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Postcard from Lebanon, A New Documentary by Jocelyn Ajami</SPAN></B></EM><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><BR></SPAN></I></B><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><IMG id=EC_MA1.1225256954 height=428 src="http://gfx1.hotmail.com/mail/w3/pr01/ltr/i_safe.gif" width=640></SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Photo by Bill Harper</SPAN></I></STRONG><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></I></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">POSTCARD FROM LEBANON is a new documentary by Boston based artist and filmmaker, Jocelyn Ajami. It will have its North American Premiere and <U><SPAN style="COLOR: red">official release October 29 of 2008</SPAN></U> at The Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts.</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">We are showing Postcard From Lebanon during <U>Action Week Against Cluster Bombs and we welcome your attendance. </U></SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Wednesday October 29, 6:30 PM</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Saturday, November 8, 2:15 PM</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><EM><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Tickets available</SPAN></U></B></EM><EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Online: <A title=http://www.mfa.org/ href="http://www.mfa.org/" target=_blank>www.mfa.org</A></SPAN></B></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">or by calling the box office: 617 369 3306</SPAN></B></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(Or at the door)</SPAN></B></EM></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></B></EM><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">POSTCARD FROM LEBANON was shown at The Dublin Diplomatic Conference by The Cluster Munition Coalition on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at Filmbase, Dublin, Ireland. We were able to show the film and campaign against cluster munitions during the conference in Dublin through a grant from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. On May 30, 2008, 107 nations adopted an international treaty banning cluster bombs. </SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">SHORT SYNOPSIS: In 2006, six weeks after the war between Israel and Lebanon, a group of Americans visited Lebanon. Postcard From Lebanon is an eye witness report of this visit and underlines some of the consequences of war, including the legacy of cluster bombs. What price war? 35 minutes, Video. </SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><I><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">TITLE AND DESCRIPTON</SPAN></U></I></STRONG><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">: Postcard from Lebanon, The title refers to a 10 day time frame, in October of 2006, six weeks after the war between Israel and Lebanon when a delegation of Americans including Arab American leaders, congressional staffers, clerics and journalists visited Lebanon, particularly South Lebanon, to assess the destruction in the aftermath of the war. The director had no affiliation with any of the members of the delegation. This 35-minute program gives a basic framework of the aftermath of the 34-day war between Israel and Lebanon including interviews with major Lebanese officials juxtaposed to the facts on the ground and to the destruction of South Beirut and Southern Lebanon. These interviews will leave many questions unanswered as a springboard for discussion. The program will also ask fundamental questions regarding the effects of war, in particular the legacy of cluster bombs on civilians. A portion of the program will highlight a press conference with Chris Clark, program manager for the United Nations Mine Action Coordination Center, South Lebanon.</SPAN></I></STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></I></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">CLUSTER BOMBS: HELP US BAN THEM!</SPAN></I></STRONG></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></I></STRONG><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">ON MAY 30, 2008 in Dublin, Ireland over 107 nations adopted an international treaty banning cluster bombs. The USA was not among them. <SPAN style="COLOR: red">This is the most significant humanitarian disarmament treaty of the decade</SPAN>. </SPAN></I></STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></I></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Cluster bombs are weapons that are designed to deploy and release submunitions over a widespread area. They are non-</SPAN></I></STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">discerning weapons with an indiscriminate kill radius. Also, they fail to explode 5% to 40% of the time and become landmines. They pose unacceptable harm to civilians.<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> At least 30% of the victims are children.</SPAN></SPAN></I></STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></I></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">These weapons were first used in World War II and we (the US) used them in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. More then 30 years later, <SPAN style="COLOR: red">today,</SPAN> these bombs are still exploding and killing people because of their “dud” rate. <SPAN style="COLOR: red">Had we signed a treaty in 1973, w e could have saved thousands of lives. The United States is the greatest producer, stockpiler and manufacturer of cluster bombs. Over 30 years ago we dropped 250 million bomblets on Laos they are still exploding. So far, thousands people have been killed. </SPAN></SPAN></I></STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></I></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Unfortunately, in 2006 when Israel dropped 4 million bomblets on Lebanon, more than 300,000 submunitions became landmines and one million were projected to be cleared . This was the most extensive use of cluster bombs since the Gulf War and it catalyzed the initiative towards drafting a treaty banning cluster bombs. </SPAN></I></STRONG></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></I></STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><A title=http://www.gypsyheartproductions.com/ href="http://www.gypsyheartproductions.com/" target=_blank><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: normal">BUT NOW,</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: normal"> </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">107 nations have adopted the treaty to ban cluster bombs forever and although the US has not endorsed the treaty, Senators Leahy (Vermont) and Feinstein (California) have championed a resolution to have the US sign the treaty. Help us raise awareness on this topic.</SPAN></STRONG></A></SPAN></I></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in"><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">JOCELYN AJAMI, PAINTER, FILMMAKER, BIOGRAPHY</SPAN></U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></H1>
<H1 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><A title=mailto:ajami@mindspring.com href="mailto:ajami@mindspring.com">ajami@mindspring.com</A>, (617) 266-0190</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></H1>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Director, Jocelyn Ajami, is a multi-faceted filmmaker. Ajami was an abstract painter for many years when she turned to writing and producing video in order to reach a wider audience with socially conscious work. Among her award winning videos are JIHAD, a short informational on the true meaning of the word, OASIS OF PEACE which chronicles the efforts of a community in Israel where Jews and Palestinians coexist; GYPSY HEART a bittersweet story featuring dancer, Omayra Amaya., and QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES, the first international biography of Romani dancer and genius, Carmen Amaya. Queen of the Gypsies has won four awards including Best Documentary, North America at the Latino Film Festival, San Francisco.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Ajami speaks five languages. She holds BA degrees in French literature and in Studio Art from Manhattanville College and MA degrees in Art History and Painting from Rosary College. She was awarded a Leadership Foundation Fellowship from the International Women’s Forum in Washington DC in 1996 and has received major grants from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and the Mass Council for the Arts. In conjunction with her screenings, Jocelyn Ajami is a fee paid speaker on issues of leadership, conflict management and Romani culture. She is a member of Latin Roots, The Gypsy Lore Society and the Radius of Arab American Writers. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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