In response to the 4rth year of the war in Iraq, we will be screening two moving and compelling films THIS MONDAY, March 19th at 7:30 pm, 101 S. Quarantina St., Santa Barbara. click here for map.

CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE (2005, 27 min)
The plight of the civilians is the unreported story of the Iraq war. The refugees of Falluja risked their lives to tell their story to the world.

In November 2004, the American military took siege of the ancient city of Falluja, Iraq, a city comparable to the size of Cincinnati, Ohio with a population of at least 250,000. The city of Falluja has now been declared “pacified” and the battle of Falluja has been declared a victory by the American administration. With interviews with the filmmakers, Caught in the Crossfire is an eyewitness account from the only independent journalists to live with the people of Falluja, exposing the devastating humanitarian disaster that is the result of American foreign policy in Iraq.

Shot from November 2004 to April 2005 inside the city of Falluja, Caught in the Crossfire details the conditions experienced by civilians as they endured the violent clashes and consequences of Operation Phantom Fury and became refugees outside the eyes and care of the international community. The American attack on Falluja was a major turning point in the rise of the resistance in Iraq, and Falluja has become a battle cry of anti-American sentiment for a large part of the world. By detailing what is actually happening to the civilians in combat zones, the film shows why many of the people in Iraq have lost faith in the stated American policy goals and why America has lost the “hearts and minds” of the Iraqi people.

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Local Filmmaker Mark Manning will be present for discussion following both films.


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IRAQ FOR SALE (2006, 75 min)
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war.
Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.


"Regardless of the war, the administration, or the various sophistries for expending human lives as a matter of government policy, profiteering from it universally offends all citizens, whether they are Republicans, Democrats, Independents, other parties or no shows." Read more →
--Charles Lewis, founder of the Center for Public Integrity

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