War Games
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23
6:00 PM THEATER ONE
One Dead In Ohio
Robert Greene
Documentary Video 10:00 2006
"Election Day 2004: Democracy lays dead in Ohio as another election is
stolen in broad daylight. Based on the Congressional report that
detailed how Ohio became the new Florida in 2004." - Robert Greene
Pvt. Boro
Alma Boro
Documentary Video 8:50 2006
Pvt. Boro is a personal and urgent conversation between a sister and
her younger brother who is in basic training with the US Army. It reveals
a genuine and honest look at our current state of affairs" Alma Boro
Qawliya Dance
Usama Alshaibi
Documentary Video 8:05 2006
"Qawliya means Gypsy and the Qawliya gypsies are a small minority in
Iraq. Since the United States occupation of Iraq in 2003, some of the poorest
Qawliya areas, known for their red light districts, became easy targets
for religious militia groups. Many of their villages have been destroyed or
taken over by such militias and has forced the Gypsies to flee north."
-Usama Alshaibi
Animal Mother
Jasmine Way
Documentary Video 28:20 2005
"Animal Mother² is a documentary that focuses on the lives of a group
of 25 year old guys, who grew up and still live in rural, small town America.
They have spent much of their lives acting out elaborate scenarios of war
and violence as a form of entertainment. When one of them enters the armed
service, for real, his life and views on the American military are
changed forever. This film explores the strong contrast that results between
his actual experience of war and his friends¹ glorified visions of the
battlefield and exposes the damaging effect the war in Iraq is having
on returning American soldiers.
Jean Genet In Chicago
Frederic Moffet
Documentary Video 26:00 2006
"A queer rewriting of the events surrounding the 1968 National
Democratic Convention in Chicago from the point of view of French writer Jean
Genet. Along the way Genet will meet, amongst others, Allen Ginsberg, William
S. Burroughs, the Yippies, the Black Panther Party and the Chicago police
force... Ultimately, the video is about the difficulty of aligning
political and sexual desires." Video Data Bank