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DESCRIPTION:\n\nFilm evenings begin with potluck refreshments and social hour at  6:30 
 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after the 
 film.\n\nLoose Change Final Cut\nDirected by Dylan Avery\n\nThis disturbing 
 and mesmerizing film methodically takes us back through a guided tour of 
 the official 9/11 story, and simultaneously shows us footage and testimony 
 that allows us to view that familiar narrative in a markedly different 
 light.  Elements of the official story are shown to be ridiculous, at 
 complete odds with what is shown by archival footage, or strangely out of 
 place when viewed in light of the rest of the government’s version of 
 events.  A voiceover narration by director Dylan Avery reinforces key 
 points, and asks us to think carefully about others.  Large amounts of 
 startling and unsettling information are conveyed, much of it almost 
 hypnotically at variance from the official narrative of 9/11 that we all 
 remember.  The effect is gripping.  The film is elegiac, frequently 
 arresting, disquieting at times, frightening in its implications, and 
 energizing in how it depicts a way forward for the viewers who comprehend 
 the import of its message.\n\nThe film covers a large amount of 9/11 
 territory.  To point out just a few of the events the film focuses on, we 
 see footage from CNN of an E-4B aircraft — a giant white jumbo used by 
 the government as a hyper sophisticated communications device — circling 
 over Washington during the time of the initial 9/11 attack.  The CNN news 
 report, emphasizing the oddness of the event, dubs the aircraft a 
 “9/11mystery plane.”  When CNN directly questions the military about 
 the subject, the military refuses to acknowledge the plane’s existence.  
 Another event the film discusses is the collapse of the WTC towers — in 
 pointed detail.  We see a rapid montage of live-to-air witnesses from TV 
 discussing the collapse of the buildings on the day of the attacks, the 
 footage of which runs for nearly 5 minutes.  Witness after witness exclaims 
 “We heard explosions,” “There was an explosion,” “We just saw a 
 big explosion,” and so on, and so on.  A reporter asks a policeman to 
 clarify if he really witnessed an explosion, or just debris falling from 
 the building.  The policeman repeats that it was an explosion.  Another 
 event the film covers is the Indian Lake Borough mayor Barry Lichty 
 discussing the events at Shanksville, shaking his head with bemusement as 
 he pages through the 9/11 Commission Report, reading a version of events 
 that does not match what he saw and heard that day.  We witness footage of 
 rescue crew teams investigating the official Shanksville crash site.  One 
 of the searchers on camera walks back and forth over the debris field, 
 visibly perplexed at the lack of debris.   Another event later on that the 
 film focuses on shows us the members of the 9/11 Commission, highlighting 
 their relationships to various companies and organizations that benefited 
 from the attacks and the subsequent war on terror.  The section concludes 
 with a surreal shot of “Executive Director” Philip Zelikow, who, as now 
 recorded by author Philip Shenon, told the commission exactly what he 
 wanted the final report to say before they’d begun gathering any 
 evidence. \n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  28th  
 Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/29/18691770.php
SUMMARY:Loose Change Final Cut
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/29/18691770.php
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