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DESCRIPTION:A New College of California Activism & Social Change and Media Studies Film 
 Festival  US War Propaganda in Film: Patriotism and the Politics  of 
 Otherness     In the course of the last century, the 'enemies' of  the US 
 have donned many different masks -- Nazi, Japanese, communist, Vietnamese, 
 Korean, Arab . .   Aimed to educate and mobilize popular support for 
 military actions against the "other", war propaganda has taken many forms. 
 Through the medium of film, it has often imagined futuristic dystopias of 
 the battle between good (us) and evil (them), inspiring fear and racism 
 under the guise of promoting a stable national identity and patriotic duty. 
 This film festival offers a sample of recent Hollywood war propaganda, as 
 well as a selection of films aiming to critique it.     FRIDAY, SEPT. 10, 
 4-9  4pm  The Siege (1998)  After the abduction by the US military of a 
 Muslim religion leader, New York City becomes a target of escalating 
 terrorist attacks. The head of the FBI/NYPD Terrorism Task Force teams up 
 with CIA to capture the organization responsible. As bomb attacks continue, 
 the US government declares martial law and sends the army into the NYC 
 streets. Eerie foreshadowing to events of 9/11 and US war against 
 terrorism.  Shown with two shorts produced by members of the Whispered 
 Media Collective  Iraq and I Roll  & Words of War       7:00 pm  Red Dawn 
 (1984)   United States is invaded by communist forces from Nicaragua and 
 Russia. It is up to Midwestern high school students (including Patrick 
 Swayze) to turn back the invasion. Often used as supportive evidence by 
 citizens militias and patriot groups about the theoretical possibility of a 
 U.N. takeover of the U.S., Red Dawn offers a glimpse into the feared New 
 World Order, including arrest of gun owners and a citizen force that 
 strikes back.   shown with   Red Nightmare  Two of Hollywood's most 
 conservative forces, Jack Webb and Jack  Warner, joined to make this 
 anti-Communist propaganda film for the Department of Defense.  Baby boomers 
 may remember seeing this film in school as part of the standard curriculum 
 in civics, history, etc.  It's now sometimes shown as "The Commies are 
 Coming! . . ." in classes about the anti-Communist excesses of the 1950's.  
  \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/08/23/45113.php
SUMMARY:US War Propaganda in Film: Patriotism and the Politics
LOCATION:New College Cultural Center,   766 Valencia Street, San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/08/23/45113.php
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