CMU Democracy Film Series...

For those of you that live in or near CMU/Mount Pleasant....



Democracy Film Series:

"Democracy Under Fire, A Republic at Risk”

Can the great United States experiment in democratic institutions survive ...?
- Misinformation spawned by government and media?
- Flawed misadventures, invading and occupying Iraq?
- Lack of responsibility by some multinational, high profile companies?
- Patriot Act impinging on rule of law and freedom of free speech?
- Voter fraud in recent elections?

7:00 PM, Tuesday, September 13, Free Admission
Park Library Auditorium (ground floor)

Toxic Sludge is Good for You – The Public Relations Industry Unspun. How and why wars and other products are so easily sold to our citizeny, with interesting examples.

Rich Media, Poor Democracy. What the effect of enormous media consolidation has on our democratic institutions, with control by a handful of multinational companies.

Future films:
- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism
- Preventive Warriors – A Documentary on the National Security Strategy of the Bush Administration
- Hijacking Catastrophe – 9/11, Fear, and the Selling of American Empire
- The Corporation (2004). Why are corporations not responsible for problems they create?
- WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Prices (World premier showing week of Nov 13 here and around the country)
- Bill Moyers’ May 15 recorded speech on Public Broadcasting and Democracy
- Confessions of an Economic Hitman, John Perkins, recorded interview. ...And more.