Madison Area Peace Coalition - Film

May 8 A Special Screening of "The Good Soldier," the documentary film featuring Veteran Will Williams

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:37:40 -0500

Date:

Past - Saturday, May 08 2010 from 2 to 4 pm

Location:

Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street, Madison, WI

Sponsored By:

Sponsored by Veterans for Peace, Clarence Kailin Branch-Madison; Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice (WNPJ); Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)-Wisconsin; & Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC).

Contacts:

Allen, 608-255-0240; alruff@tds.net

Web Site for more information:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9JKXbX5brY&feature=related


	Directed by award winning filmmakers Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys, "The Good Soldier" follows the journeys of five combat veterans from different generations of US wars as they sign up, go into battle, and eventually change their minds about what it means to be a good soldier. One of those featured is Madison's irrepressible Veteran for Peace, Will Williams. Williams will introduce the film. "It's hard to imagine watching a more affecting movie than "The Good Soldier" ... because it may be as affecting a movie as I've ever seen. It took one seemingly simple question---What makes a good soldier?---and reduced the answer to its essence. That being, the ability to kill other human beings. Using the voices of veterans from WWII, Vietnam, the Gulf War, and Iraq, each gave this exact same answer, and they all spoke not only of their guilt and regret, but also of how at some point during their time in the military they needed to kill. Their reasons were different, but the training that gave them the skills and permission was not. I found it both hard to watch and hard to turn away from, and I know I'll never look at the words 'collateral damage' in the same way again. Really powerful stuff." - Jason Albert, the Onion "...a wonderful film...with great emotional power. It was a brilliant idea to hear veterans of the various wars -- World War II, Vietnam, the first Gulf War, the Iraq War -- because the net effect is to deal, not just with one odious war, but with the phenomenon of war as a universal evil. It is especially important, if we are to ditch forever the idea of 'good' wars, to tackle head on the war which is generally considered morally unassailable -- World War II." - Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States.

Feb 23 Why are We in Afghanistan?

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:29:39 -0600

Date:

Past - Tuesday, February 23 2010 from 7 to 8 pm

Location:

Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jennifer St.

Sponsored By:

Madison Area Peace Coalition

Contacts:

442-8822

Web Site for more information:

whyareweinafghanistan.org


	MAPC is showing 'Why are We in Afghanistan?' at our second general meeting in February. The presentation lasts only about 28 minutes so that should give ample time for discussion. A brief description from the website 'whyareweinafghanistan.org' is listed below. U.S. military action in Afghanistan originated in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. That was then. This is now. Reasons for the war have become more cloudy as other factors have developed. This film looks at domestic pressures and geo-strategic interests that keep the U.S. in the region, and the long history of U.S. foreign interventions that forms the broader context for this war.We also see today peace movement continuing another long tradition-popular resistance to war. Why Are We in Afghanistan? is an educational resource for communities, unions, veterans and active duty military, classes, and anyone who wonders why we are in Afghanistan, and what to do about it.

Dec 1 Obama's Speech & Discussion

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:54:36 -0600

Date:

Past - Tuesday, December 01 2009 at 7 pm

Location:

UW Humanities Building, Room 2650 (see "TITU" in Memorial Union for room changes)

Contacts:

239-5354 or dbuzzdavis@aol.com


	TV viewing of Obama's speech about decision on Afghanistan with other peace activists. Check local viewing times. After the speech, there will be an open mike and discussion.

Nov 30 Film: "Rethink Afghanistan"

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:52:47 -0600

Date:

Past - Monday, November 30 2009 at 6:30 pm

Location:

UW Science Hall, Room 180, (check TITU in the union for room changes)

Web Site for more information:

http://rethinkafghanistan.com/


	Screening of the new Robert Greenwald documentary.

Dec 12 "Rethink Afghanistan", a screening and discussion of the new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:21:52 -0600

Date:

Past - Saturday, December 12 2009 at 3 pm

Location:

Dardanelles Restaurant 1851 Monroe St (on Madison's near west side)

Sponsored By:

Madison Area Peace Coalition and the Peregrine Forum

Contacts:

608-442-8399


	Based on extensive interviews with area specialists, counterinsurgency experts, soldiers, former CIA agents, Afghans, Pakistanis, and others, this ground-breaking 75-min. documentary questions both the alleged aims and the methods of the expanding U.S. war in Afghanistan/Pakistan.

Nov 11 The Good Soldier Film at Sundance

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:29:58 -0600

Date:

Past - Wednesday, November 11 2009 at 7:40 pm

Location:

Sundance Theater, Hilldale Shopping Center

Sponsored By:

Sundance Theater Madison Screening Room

Contacts:

316-6900 or Madison608Reservations@sundancecinemas.net

Web Site for more information:

http://sundancecinemas.com/sundance_608.html


	Opening nation-wide on Veterans' Day, November 11th, Good Soldier, the incredible anti-war documentary featuring Madison Vet for Peace, Will Williams will be showing at the Sundance at Hilldale. Don't miss this important film which should be shown in every high school in the land! Showtimes for the film will be 3:30 pm, 5:35 pm, and 7:40 pm. Tickets are on sale now. (Will will be speaking at the 1st and 3rd screenings.) From a recent film festival revue: An astounding film, The Good Soldier directed by Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys should be mandatory viewing for every President and member of Congress who is willing to make the decision to send men and women into war. In a culture where many veterans do not speak back home of what they witnessed and participated in battle, this film portrays five combat veterans from different wars ranging from WWII to Vietnam to the Gulf War to Iraq who emotionally lay it on the line. The sheer humanity of such inhumane situations is astounding and riveting and heartbreaking. The courage it takes for these soldiers to speak of their darkest moments and moral dilemmas with such brutal honesty is to be commended and brings up questions of our government supporting those they would send to die who did not die but came home. War puts you at odds with what is right and wrong, one veteran explains. Their training as soldiers is to become killers without remorse, but as one asks, "How do you turn that off? One day you're killing then the next you're sitting at a bar in New York City." In wars where the enemy looks just like the innocent civilian, collateral damage leaves its mark on the psyche of the soldiers which haunts them for the rest of their lives. As one veteran who is a founder of Veterans for Peace states, "War is not the way to settle a disagreement." For a trailer, go to: http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=20590

Oct 27 Film: The War at Home

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:38:06 -0500

Date:

Past - Tuesday, October 27 2009 at 7:30 pm

Location:

Barrymore Theater, 2090 Atwood Ave

Sponsored By:

Barrymore Theater, WORT

Contacts:

(608) 241-8633

Web Site for more information:

http://www.barrymorelive.com/


	This will be the historic 30th anniversary screening of Glenn Silber’s 1979 film about the anti-war protest movement in Madison in the 1960’s and ‘70s. Following the film there will be a panel discussion with filmmaker Silber and others. Advance tickets or day of show.

Nov 6 "The Good Soldier" film highlights on Bill Moyers Show

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:37:48 -0500

Date:

Past - Friday, November 06 2009 at 7 pm

Location:

Television show, public television

Web Site for more information:

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/


	Bill Moyers' TV show is scheduled to discuss the film "The Good Soldier," a documentary featuring five combat veterans from different generations, all of whom eventually changed their minds about what it means to be a good soldier. Will Williams is featured in the film. Will is a member of the local Veterans for Peace chapter and a Vietnam War veteran. This film screened at the 2009 Wisconsin Film Festival.

Oct 7 Film: "Rethink Afghanistan"

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:15:48 -0500

Date:

Past - Wednesday, October 07 2009 at 6:30 pm

Location:

Escape Java Joint, 942 Williamson Street (behind La Rocca's)

Sponsored By:

Madison Area Peace Coalition, Peregrine Forum

Contacts:

442-8399

Web Site for more information:

http://rethinkafghanistan.com/


	Join us to view the brand new Robert Greenwald film on the situation in Afghanistan and what the U.S. options are now.

Apr 1 Film: "Stratcom: The Gun That's Still Loaded"

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:53:00 -0500

Date:

Past - Tuesday, April 01 2008 at 7 pm

Location:

Escape Java Joint, 916 Williamson St., Madison

Sponsored By:

MAPC

Contacts:

Marina: 241-3562; intotheforest22@gmail.com

Web Site for more information:

http://www.space4peace.org


	Free Screening: Documentary Film on U.S. Militarism: StratCom: "The Gun That's Still Loaded" This one-hour documentary reveals how the Bush administration has restructured Strat Com, the U.S. military's central command structure in response to the so-called "war on terror". The film was proudced by peace activists Frances Mendenhall, Sung Hee Choi and R. Addision for Independent Television Omaha. The film examines StratCom's secretive and destabilizing mission, how it operates outside U.S. and international law,and why building global awareness about it is important to prevent nuclear war or catastrophe.

Mar 15 Live "Winter Soldier" Hearings Broadcast

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:57:49 -0500

Date:

Past - Saturday, March 15 2008 from 1 to 6 pm

Location:

Orpheum Theater, Stagedoor, State Street

Sponsored By:

Iraq Veterans Against the War, Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice

Contacts:

WNPJ, 250-9240

Web Site for more information:

http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier


	Mark the beginning of year 6 of the U.S. occupation in Iraq. In the largest gathering of Iraq Veterans Against the War to date, hundreds of IVAW members will gather near Washington D.C. on March 13-16 for public testimony about their experiences during the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations, sharing eyewitness reports that have often been ignored by the media. Come for just an hour or for all five hours and share your reactions to the testimony with others. Screening is free of charge, all donations go to support IVAW-Wisconsin. The Madison Area Peace Coalition is endorsing this event. Print posters from this link: http://www.wnpj.org/wsflyers

Oct 24 Film: "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib"

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:07:14 -0500

Date:

Past - Wednesday, October 24 2007 at 7 pm

Location:

First United Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue, Madison

Sponsored By:

First United Methodist Church, First Unitarian Society, Madison/Dane Co. Chapter of United Nations Association

Contacts:

Mary Bean: 222-5783; marybean@charter.net

Web Site for more information:

www.tortureisamoralissue.org


	The 80-minute HBO film covers the familiar photos of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, and is intended for mature audiences only. The images and some of the interviews are extremely intense. This part of the nation-wide project organized by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT), with 1000 congregations participating. The local sponsors have agreed to participate in this Spotlight on Torture to help people of faith deepen their understanding of the nature of U.S.-sponsored torture and also to strengthen their resolve to end it.

Oct 24 Unconstitutional: The War Against Civil Liberties

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:06:47 -0500

Date:

Past - Wednesday, October 24 2007 at 7 pm

Location:

Dardanelles Restaurant, 1851 Monroe St., Madison

Sponsored By:

Peregrine Forum

Contacts:

Call 442-8399 or 256-8804


	This excellent film by Robert Greenwald (1 hour, 2004) documents the U.S. government attacks on our civil liberties in the fScreening and Discussion of film "Unconstitutional: The War Against Civil Liberties" irst 3 years after 9/11/2001. Free.

Jul 19 Film: The Last Atomic Bomb

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:42:57 -0500

Date:

Past - Thursday, July 19 2007

Location:

Gardd Parck. 6767 Frank Lloyd Wright Ave. , Community Room, Middleton, WI

Sponsored By:

Pax Christi Madison

Contacts:

Trudi, trudijenny@yahoo.com

Web Site for more information:

www.richtervideos.com


	Pax Christi is sponsoring this informal gathering to meet new friends and support each other in acting on our call to faithful citizenship. Anyone interested in connecting with people of faith striving to make a difference on social justice issues is welcome to come and find out more about the Madison Chapters of Pax Christi and/or Call to Action. Bring a dish to pass. Folks are also welcome to come just for the film, if they would like to do that. Following the picnic at 7:00 pm, we will show the film, The Last Atomic Bomb. As we anticipate the Hiroshima anniversary and the Madison tradition of Lanterns for Peace on August 6th, this film reminds us of the deadly affects of nuclear weapons. Sakue Shimohira was 10 years old when the bomb exploded in Nagasaki 62 years ago. She remembers hiding in a shelter near ground zero and tells her story of the aftermath and how it has shaped her life. Hearing her accounts and seeing rare archival footage is emotionally draining. Seeing Sakue’s courage to live and dedication to abolishing nuclear weapons at age 70 is awe-inspiring.

Mar 24 Ralph Nader Q&A at the Orpheum!

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:25:42 -0500

Date:

Past - Saturday, March 24 2007 at 7 pm

Location:

The Orpheum Theatre

Sponsored By:

WORT 89.9FM, WSUM Student Radio, Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution, Madison Infoshop, International Socialist Organization, Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change, Four Lakes Gr

Contacts:

Sarah Turner: (608) 217-4497, sarahgraceturner@yahoo.com

Web Site for more information:

AUM


	See listing on 3/23/2007 for details.