PETALUMA FRIDAY NIGHT FILMS

May 2008  SCREENINGSCHEDULE

PLEASE NOTE:  As we begin what is historically our “summer break” for our film screenings, we will need to redouble our search for a new venue for our next season.  We  look forward to hearing from you with your comments and suggestions. Contact information is at the end of this schedule.  Thank you from all of the folks at Petaluma Friday Night Films for your ongoing support. 

And special thanks to John and Anne-laure Crowley of Aqus Café for making our screenings possible.

WHERE: Aqus Café, 2nd and H Streets in Petaluma, for an evening of film and discussion.  Admission is free, though we’d like to suggest a donation of $3.00 per person to help with expenses.

WHEN:  All Films start at 7:30 PM, and the Café is open by 7:00 PM

Friday, May 9th: Petaluma Progressives  Presents:

The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (Part 1 & 2 of 3 parts)  A film by Adam Curtis / BBC: 90 Minutes, 2004

This documentary offers a remarkable insight into the reality of our current fear-induced climate.  Adam Curtis chronicles the rise of the neoconservative movement, and the resulting change in the world's political agenda orchestrated by those who place their trust in the philosophical ideal of the reality of there being a logistically organized terror network, let alone one that is managing to orchestrate terror attacks from a cave in the remote mountains of Afghanistan. This film also documents the beginnings of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/3755686.stm

Friday, May 16th: Petaluma Progressives  Presents:

Edward Burtynsky "Manufactured Landscapes"

A film by Jennifer Baichwal; 90 Minutes, 2006

MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams—Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris. The film follows him through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country’s massive industrial revolution. With breathtaking sequences, such as the opening tracking shot through an almost endless factory, the filmmakers also extend the narratives of Burtynsky’s photographs, allowing us to meditate on our impact on the planet and witness both the epicenters of industrial endeavor and the dumping grounds of its waste.

http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=manufacturedlandscapes

Friday, May 23rd: Guest programmer presents :

American Blackout

Directed by Guerrilla News Network's Ian Inaba: 86 Minutes, 2006

Directed by GNN’s Ian Inaba, American Blackout chronicles the recurring patterns of voter disenfranchisement witnessed from 2000 to 2004. Told through the life of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney who took an active role investigating the scrubbing of the Florida voter roles and then found herself in her own election debacle after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the terrorist attacks of 9-11. American Blackout travels from Florida to Georgia to Ohio examining the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence political dissent. McKinney is one of the Green Party's Presidential Candidates for 2008.