January 2007 - showings are free at 7 pm on Tuesday evenings
Cornter of N Lombard and Alta Street, across from St John's Theater. Propereats.com
Janurary 2- The Man Who Planted Trees (1987):  Produced by CBC, this is a wonderful way to go into the new year .
Janurary 9- Behind the Mask (2006):  What kind of person would risk everything to liberate animals that are being subjected to systematic cruelty? Watch this film and begin to understand.
Janurary 16- Favella Rising (2005):  The story of how one man set out, against great odds, to free himself and his peers from the deadly cycle of drugs, violence, and death that is daily life in the favelas (or slums) of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Janurary 23- Our Brand is Crisis (2005):  Documenting the Bolivian election, this film shows how a political consulting firm was able to get their unpopular candidate elected to president. It also shows how the Bolivian people shortly thereafter, rose up and ultimately prevailed, electing Evo Morales.

Thursday, January 4, 7:00 pm
Liberty Hall
Sponsor: Bolivarian Media Exchange (503) 236-7916
Every day 600-800 Guatemalans cross the border into Tapachula, Mexico, and begin a journey to pursue the "American Dream". About four or five will make it to the U.S. - some will stay in Mexico, other will lose their limbs or their lives.
Join us for this 85 min. documentary by Uli Stelzner, to hear personal testimonies, on one of the most dangerousmigration routes in the world. Spanish with English Subtitles.
Food, Film, and Conversation.
Esta película basa sus hechos en las personas que buscan el "sueño americano" en su recorrido hacia los Estados Unidos. Asalto al sueño. La pesadilla del migrante rumbo al Norte, es una película del cineasta alemán Uli Stelzner.
"Asalto al sueño es el sumergirse en un estado permanente, de todos los días. La cara más visible de la globalización, que no solamente descifra la amenaza, sino también las causas que llevan a hombres y a cada vez más mujeres y niños a dejar todo atrás. Esas imágenes significan para mí más que un rodaje. Significan convivencias, emociones y sobre todo esperanzas compartidas. Ahora las quiero compartir con el público. Con las que quieran ver, crear y resistir…"
http://reclaimthemedia.org/bolivarianmediaexchange

January 6-7, 13 - 14
Hollywood Theater, 4122 N.E. Sandy Blvd.
Check with theater for show times:  (503) 281-4215 or
http://www.hollywoodtheatre.org/
"yet a most convincing indictment of the West, including its governments, multi-nationals, mass media, and even the United Nations as un-indicted co-conspirators in the exploitation of not merely Sierra Leone, but of most of Africa. Highly recommended as a sobering companion piece to Hollywood's relatively sanitized version of the same subject matter in Blood Diamond.". More on the film at

http://www.cinemalibrestudio.com/EmpireInAfrica/BlackstarNewsReview.pdf

Monday, January 8, 7:00pm
Red & Black Cafe, 2138 SE Division St.
Free Documentary Screening: What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy:

The basic message in this documentary is that the CIA, military-industrial-complex, Pentagon, multinational corporations, media and the government of the United States of America are responsible for the deaths of millions of people in the third world. (Not to overlook the poverty and oppression of millions more.) We support, arm and train dictators and militaries to carry out these evil actions on their own people. All of this is to ensure that we control the natural resources and marketplace of these countries and use the people for cheap labor along with keeping the business of war ongoing.

Tuesday, January 9
Powell's City of Books

Jerry Mander, editor of Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Globalization. Best-selling author and cultural critic Jerry Mander has challenged dominant cultural mind-sets in books such as Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television and In the Absence of the Sacred. In Paradigm Wars, he and coeditor Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, a leader of the global indigenous peoples movement and chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, have gathered an impressive international roster of contributors to document the momentous collision of worldviews that pits the forces of economic globalization against the Earth's surviving indigenous peoples. Mander will discuss the process of creating this book, and the issues it addresses.

Monday, January 15, 7:00pm and 9:15pm
Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St.,
USA, 1970 (103 minutes) Compiled from newsreel footage, this film has a heavy impact, showing Rev. King - not as a saint - but as a compassionate man of God with great goals for all people. The film quality is rather rough at times, and the racial slurs shouted are harsh, but the film is powerful. Recommended for those who seek an insight to the man behind the dream.
This film was originally shown at theatres as a "one-time-only" event on March 24, 1970, and was later shown on US television
More info: (503) 238.8899, admission $6.00.

Friday, January 19, 8:00pm - 12:30am
P.P.A.A, 618 SE Alder (SE 6th Street)
12 years and older enjoy these great monthly events
Contact: Sam Keator (503) 691-2078 sam.keator@verizon.net

http://www.ceili.wizardisland.org/