A New Wave? War, Empire and Dissent in Cinema

Friday, April 25, 2008
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

NYU’s Cantor Film Center
36 East 8th St., NYC

This past year, we saw the creation and distribution of incredible anti-Iraq War films that show the power of individual voices speaking up and speaking out against the War and the Bush administration’s policies. Yet, these films have faced opposition from critics and gone virtually unnoticed by moviegoers. Please join Campus Progress, World Can’t Wait and the Campus Antiwar Network NYU Chapter for a captivating discussion about the significance of antiwar films, their value, and their role in unleashing meaningful resistance. The panel will also explore why many of these films have received tepid responses from critics and moviegoers and what effect this has had on the filmmakers.

Featured Panelist Include:

• Patricia Foulkrod, director/producer The Ground Truth
• Tami Gold, filmmaker/producer and Film Studies Professor at Hunter College
• Paul Farhi, staff writer for the Washington Post
• Dr. Sheril Antonio, Associate Dean for Film, Television & New Media at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
• Sinan Antoon, co-producer About Baghdad

• Michael Tucker, writer and director of The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

Sponsored by Campus Progress, World Can’t Wait, and the Campus Antiwar Network NYU Chapter.

For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.