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New Video Documentary: "NOT IN MY NAME"
A powerful new documentary film has been launched to tell the story of the US attack on Afghanistan which we DIDN'T see on our television screens.Narrated by Jeremy Hardy, the film presents powerful evidence that the US attack on Afghanistan has not helped defeat terrorism - in fact, the film suggests, the US military actions have resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians and made the world a much more danger place.
The film, entitled "Not In My Name", will be shown by independent cinemas, at public meetings and distributed on video cassette.
The film explains the background to the war, and the central part the US played in actually creating the power of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. It also shows the strength of the anti-war movement hardly reported in the British media.
It explores the way the control of television coverage has become a central issue in the war, with mainsteam broadcasters relaying government propaganda and independent TV stations the targets for US bombs.
Says associate producer Norman Thomas: "The aim of the film is to alert eople of the very dangerous situation the US attack on Afghanistan has ceated in the world. The US say they will attack terrorists anywhere and everywhere in the world. But who decides who is a terrorist? Who will tell the US who they can or cannot attack?"
Contributors include: Award-winning journalist John Pilger, Tony Benn, Tariq Ali, Channel 4's Jon Snow, Bianca Jagger, Labour MP George Galloway, Paul Foot, Salma Yacoob, as well as many others.
"Not In My Name", running time 41 minutes, is produced by award-winning radical film maker, Platform Films ( makers of "The People's Flag", "Proud Arabs and Texas Oilmen" and "The Cause of Ireland") in association with TV Choice, London-based maker of educational programmes.
The film is available on video cassette directly from TV Choice, price £15.51 (including VAT and p&p.) Cheques should be made payable to TV Choice and sent to:
NORMAN THOMAS, TV CHOICE, 22 CHARING CROSS RD, LONDON WC2H OHR
For details of other films distributed by TV Choice and costs of public exhibition etc, please ring Norman Thomas or Christine Tongue on 0207 379
0873 or e-mail christinetongue@aol.com
Last modified: Monday, March 25, 2002
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Previous stories
War Reporting
WITHOUT COMMENT
THE OTHERS
THE GAPS IN THE REPORTS
SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTS
NATIONAL ANTI-WAR ANTI-SANCTIONS CONFERENCE: RESIST!
SEPTEMBER 11 RELATIVES SPEAK IN LONDON
Alice Mahon MP with Peter Gowan, New Left Review.
Emergency security measures in USA curb basic freedoms
THE PAPERS’ WAR
28 November: Open meeting - Coverage of the (War) Crisis
War in Afghanistan - BBC Editorial Policy Guidelines
Free Press special issue - War in Afghanistan
1 November - NUJ meeting
4th November - Caryl Churchill's 'Far Away', plus Kika Markham reading from Tony Kushner's 'Homebody/Kabul'.
October 23 - MWAW rally at the BBC
How Carter and Brzezinski helped start the Afghan mess
ARROW calls for anti-war vigils on 11 November
US TV networks fall in line and salute
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