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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><B>This week at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre-<BR>
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</B>University of Idaho presents<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>American Indian Film Festival<BR>
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Sponsored by UI American Indian Studies Program, Idaho Humanities Council and UI President’s Diversity Initiative Grant.<BR>
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FREE admission<BR>
Discussions follow the shows<BR>
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<B>-- <U>Wednesday, March 30, 7:00 PM<BR>
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</U>The ceremonial opening includes a welcome by a tribal elder and keynote messages from UI Professor Georgia Johnson and Washington State University Professor Michael Hays.<BR>
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</U>"<I>With Hearts, Hands and Bells: The Story of the Sister Building on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation</I>," documentary written by Georgia Grady Johnson, directed and produced by Michael Hayes. It depicts life from the late 19th century to the present at the Catholic missionary school in Desmet.<BR>
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<B>-- <U>Thursday, March 31, 7:00 PM<BR>
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</U></B>"<I>American Indian Graffiti</I>," co-directed and written by Steven Judd (Choctaw) and Tvli Jacob (Choctaw/Kiowa); set in contemporary Oklahoma, the ensemble drama tells about the intertwining lives of four Native Americans. It’s a story about friendships that falter, dreams that come true, families that fall apart, and the struggle to survive. <BR>
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<B>-- <U>Friday, April 1, 7:00 PM<BR>
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</U></B>"<I>Moccasin Flats</I>," directed by Randy Redroad (Cherokee). A Native youth is caught between his chance at a college education and his conflict with the "home boys." This gritty drama depicts urban and rural Indian communities across North America.<BR>
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"<I>Chiefs</I>," directed by Daniel Junge, this documentary shows how basketball provides youth with a sense of belonging and camaraderie, a means of achieving victory, and an opportunity to explore life off the reservation. <BR>
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"<I>49?</I>" directed by Sherman Alexie, a short six-minute film on the dance tradition called the 49.<BR>
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<B>-- <U>Saturday, April 2, 7:00 PM<BR>
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</U></B>The Experimental Films of Mohawk Filmmaker Shelly Niro, from Niagra Falls, New York and currently living in Brantford, Ontario. Storytelling through film and installation art, Niro creates roles for native women that give them a voice of strength and community. Her work addresses questions of identity. <BR>
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"<I>It Starts with a Whisper</I>" follows a young Iroquois woman who has grown up on a reservation and her decision about which path to follow in life. <BR>
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"<I>Overweight with Crooked Teeth</I>" frames issues of Native identity by reversing Native stereotypes.<BR>
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"<I>Honey Moccasin</I>," an all-Native comedy-thriller, is part of the Smoke Signals new wave of films that examine native identity in the 1990s. Set on the Grand Pine Indian Reservation, the melodrama, performance art, cable access, and “whodunit” unfold. <BR>
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"<I>The Shirt</I>" is an experimental video featuring Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie that uses the tee-shirt to express history and irony.<BR>
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<B>THIS SUNDAY ONLY-<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>Hotel Rwanda (PG13)<BR>
</H2></FONT><B>Sunday, April 3<BR>
1:30/4:15/7:00 PM<BR>
</B>$5 adults, $2 children 12 and younger<BR>
KFS passes accepted for Sunday shows<BR>
<B>(see Review below)<BR>
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<B>Next week at the Kenworthy-<BR>
<BR>
</B>The U.S. premiere of a romantic comedy by Uniontown playwright, Bruce Gooch<BR>
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<H2><I>Sirius Idaho Theatre<BR>
</I></H2>in conjunction with </FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Helvetica"><B>new </B></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Helvetica"><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">fangled</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">stages</FONT></B></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>,<BR>
presents<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT SIZE="5"><B>Random Acts of Love</B></FONT></FONT></I> <B>by Bruce Gooch<BR>
</B>Directed by Forrest Sears<BR>
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<B>Opening night- Wednesday, April 6 at 7:30 pm<BR>
</B>Sponsored by <I>Above the Rim</I> Gallery and <I>One World Café<BR>
</I>Reception following the show at <I>One World Café<BR>
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Thursday, April 7, 7:30 pm<BR>
</B>Sponsored by <I>Moscow Realty<BR>
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<B>Friday, April 8, 7:30 pm<BR>
</B>Sponsored by <I>Wells Fargo</I>, Moscow Main Branch<BR>
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<B>Saturday, April 9 at 2:00 pm<BR>
</B>Sponsored by <I>Latah Co. Title Company<BR>
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<B>Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 pm<BR>
</B>Sponsored by the Itani family<BR>
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Tickets available at <I>BookPeople of Moscow </I>or <I>TicketsWest</I> <BR>
(www.ticketswest.com <http://www.ticketswest.com/> 800-325-SEAT, 208-885-7212)<BR>
<B>$15 adults and $9 seniors/students</B> (plus applicable fees)<BR>
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Recognized as “<B>Outstanding New Play</B>” at the Toronto Fringe Festival 2004, <I>Random Acts of Love</I> features Bruce Gooch, a Uniontown native and University of Idaho alum, and Lynn Vogt, co-founders of Toronto-based <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>new </B></FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">fangled</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">stages</FONT></B>.<BR>
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Forrest Sears, University of Idaho Professor Emeritus of Theatre, is working with <I>Sirius Idaho Theatre</I> to bring this production to the Palouse. Sears, in speaking about his former student Bruce Gooch, says, <B>“Bruce’s new play, <I>Random Acts of Love</I>, is the most romantic, gripping and compelling of all his many fine scripts. For lovers of Shakespeare, it is a must. For those new to the bard, it will lure you into his works like nothing else I know.”<BR>
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<U>Synopsis<BR>
</U>Having had the audacity to age, Victoria Daniels, played by Vogt, has been “let go” from her daytime drama. She ditches trash-for-cash television and agrees to star in a two-character play of Shakespeare’s greatest hits called <I>The Seven Ages of Love</I>. Confident in this decision for herself and her children, she runs head long into her co-star, Russell Thomas, played by Gooch, an actor with whom she had a passionate encounter fifteen years earlier. They battle and brawl their way through rehearsals, threatening to ruin the show. <I>Random Acts of Love</I> links the past and present into a love story about the theatre, Shakespeare and second chances.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT SIZE="5"><B>Audition workshop</B> for actors<BR>
</FONT></FONT><B>Thursday, April 7, 2:30 – 5:00 pm<BR>
FREE admission<BR>
</B>For anyone interested in learning more about the life and livelihood of an actor.<BR>
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Lynn Vogt and Bruce Gooch audition for their livelihood up to 10 times a week. They know what casting directors are looking for in film, TV, stage and commercials. They coach actors for individual auditions. They will teach what you need to know about auditions, from walking into the room to walking out. Gooch and Vogt will work with ten students. Observers will gain almost as much as the participants on stage and are encouraged to attend.<BR>
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For more information about the play, audition workshop, or to sign up as an usher for one performance, call Pam Palmer at 883-3741 or visit the web site of <B><I>Sirius Idaho Theatre </I></B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>http://www.siriusidahotheatre.com/<BR>
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Kenworthy Film Society presents<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="5"><B>The Life Aquatic</B> (R)<BR>
</FONT><B>Sunday, April 10<BR>
</B>1:30/4:15/7:00 PM<BR>
$5 adults<BR>
KFS passes accepted for Sunday movies<BR>
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<B>Also in April at the Kenworthy-<BR>
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<B>An evening of Bluegrass music</B> with<BR>
the Spokane-based band, South Hill Ramblers, and local favorites, Blackberry Jam and Steptoe<BR>
April 15, 7:00 PM<BR>
Tickets $10/adult, $7/child under 13<BR>
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The concert is a fund-raiser for future bluegrass concerts at the Kenworthy.<BR>
Tickets $10/adult, $7/child 12 or younger<BR>
Available April 1 at BookPeople of Moscow.<BR>
Tickets may also be purchased with Visa or MasterCard by calling the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre at 208-882-4127.<BR>
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<B>A Series of Unfortunate Events</B> (PG)<BR>
April 16, 1:00/3:45/7:00 PM<BR>
April 17, 1:00/3:45<BR>
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Borah Symposium presents<BR>
<B>About Baghdad<BR>
</B>April 17, 7:00 PM<BR>
<B>FREE<BR>
(more information below)<BR>
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<B>A Very Long Engagement</B> (R)<BR>
April 22, 7:00 PM<BR>
April 23 - 24, 4:15/7:00 PM<BR>
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<B>Born into Brothels</B> (NR)<BR>
April 29, 7:00 PM<BR>
April 30 - May 1, 4:45/7:00 PM<BR>
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Coming in May: The Sea Inside, Hard Goodbyes My Father, Lost Embrace.<BR>
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<B>Regular Movie prices</B>: $5 adults, $2 children 12 and younger. <BR>
KFS passes accepted for Sunday movies<BR>
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508 S. Main Street, Moscow, Idaho<BR>
For more information, call 208-882-4127 or visit http://www.kenworthy.org<BR>
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<B>This week’s review-<BR>
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<H2>Hotel Rwanda<BR>
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Directed by Terry George<BR>
Running time: 2 hours<BR>
Rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for scenes of violence and mild gore.<BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by Stephen Holden writing for the New York Times<BR>
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Early in "Hotel Rwanda," a cynical television journalist (Joaquin Phoenix), who has just videotaped a massacre a few blocks from his hotel, shows the damning video to the hotel's worried manager, Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle). Paul becomes elated. He is certain that these images, when televised abroad, will force the West to intervene in the ethnic strife consuming his country.<BR>
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But the reporter knows better. "If people see this footage," he growls, "they'll say, 'Oh my God, that's terrible,' and they'll go on eating their dinners." Ten years after the fact, those remarks come as a stinging slap in the face, for he was right.<BR>
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"Hotel Rwanda" is a political thriller based on fact that hammers every button on the emotional console. At the very least, this wrenching film performs the valuable service of lending a human face to an upheaval so savage it seemed beyond the realm of imagination when news of it filtered into the West. <BR>
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The feverish euphoria of the Rwandan violence is strikingly different from Nazi Germany's cold-blooded prosecution of its Final Solution. The savagery is carried out in a spirit of mad jubilation. Military trucks packed with cheering, machete-waving soldiers of the Interahamwe (the Hutu militia) barrel through the streets of Kigali, the Rwandan capital. The murderous orgy suggests a rampaging mob celebrating a soccer triumph. <BR>
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"Hotel Rwanda" radically downplays the actual gore, which is observed either through a fog or from a distance. Bodies are strewn everywhere, but the streets don't run with blood, and no hideous mutilation is shown. Even the beatings seem tentative. Still, the movie does its job. You are left with the uncomfortable suspicion that if the conditions for such a perfect storm of hatred were right, a similar catastrophe could boil up almost anywhere. <BR>
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Observing the killing, first in disbelief, then in anguish, Paul, the stubbornly humane manager of the Mille Collines, the Belgian-owned luxury hotel in Kigali, is the movie's designated hero and moral grounding wire. The movie is based on the real-life experiences of this polished, soft-spoken Hutu who, with his Tutsi wife, Tatiana (Sophie Okonedo), and children, narrowly escapes death several times. Mr. Rusesabagina was directly responsible for saving the lives of more than 1,200 Tutsis and Hutu moderates by sheltering them in the hotel and bribing the Hutu military to spare them. <BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by Mick LaSalle writing for the San Francisco Chronicle<BR>
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Nations, like people, can go mad. "Hotel Rwanda" depicts a spasm of madness that went through Rwanda 10 years ago. It's an extraordinary and effective film with many distinct merits. It's important, in that it documents for a mass audience what it was like. It's useful, in that it shows how it can happen. It's even hopeful, in that it shows that it's possible -- not guaranteed, but possible -- for people to maintain their humanity in the face of unhinged barbarism. <BR>
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The film tells the true story of Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle), the manager of the Hotel des Milles Collines, a four-star hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. His virtues, at first, seem merely those of a good manager -- he's punctilious, industrious and tactful. He knows what people are like. He is always impeccably groomed. But where on most people, a suit and tie is just a kind of uniform, on Paul, we come to realize, it's the emblem of a refined soul. <BR>
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The conflict in Rwanda is between the Hutus and the Tutsis, entities artificially created by the Belgians, who, in colonial days, arbitrarily divided the populace into two tribes. The taller, lighter people were designated Tutsis and the smaller, darker people were designated Hutus. Needless to say, generations later it's difficult and sometimes impossible to tell a Hutu from a Tutsi. Paul is a Hutu. His wife (Sophie Okonedo) is a Tutsi. When the Hutu death squads begin their homicidal rampage, Paul's wife is in danger, and so are his children. <BR>
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What makes the film not just harrowing but transcendent is Cheadle. He does nothing traditionally heroic. He just presents a picture of basic decency, showing how, when combined with courage, decency can result in an awe- inspiring moral steadfastness. He depicts someone calling upon conventional strengths, such as resourcefulness, in a struggle to achieve nearly impossible ends. And he shows the emotional cost of the effort. Paul's brief, sudden breakdown, played by Cheadle and filmed by director Terry George in one long take, crystallizes the character and is the stuff of movie legend. Remarkably, Okonedo, as Paul's wife, is Cheadle's equal. The scene in which her terror and anger overtake her is unforgettable. <BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by Xan Brooks writing for The Guardian (UK)<BR>
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Terry George's potent political melodrama rumbles in with a two-pronged agenda: to slam the west's discreet non-involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and to salute one man who stood up and made a difference.<BR>
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Paul Rusesabagina was a Kigali hotel manager who turned his Belgian-owned resort into a sanctuary for some 1,200 Tutsis and moderate Hutus, and Don Cheadle plays him with a wonderful lack of swagger, as a solid citizen and an excellent hotel manager - diplomatic and rampantly westernised (an issue the film addresses only briefly). He flits quietly around the lobby, finding rooms for each fresh truckload of orphans, while Nick Nolte's UN commander blusters on the sidelines and the corpses stack up in the road outside. <BR>
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Hotel Rwanda is at its best in the early stages, when it resembles a cross between Graham Greene's The Comedians and one of those paranoid horror films of the 1950s and 60s (Invasion of the Body Snatchers perhaps, or Night of the Living Dead). Outwardly, everything is normal, but there's something wrong with the picture. The white tourists are sunning themselves by the swimming pool, and the local big-wigs are puffing on cigars on the veranda. But behind the reception desk, the Hutu worker isn't talking to the Tutsi worker and the radio in the kitchen is spewing poisonous propaganda and out of the corner of his eye, Rusesabagina spies a butter-fingered delivery boy spill a crate-load of machetes on to the concrete floor. In these moments, George's drama has a surreal, nightmarish momentum. Its sense of menace is like a blade against your throat.<BR>
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<I>Reviews researched and edited by Peter Haggart<BR>
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Borah Symposium presents “About Baghdad”<BR>
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</B>The Borah Symposium this year, "Voices of Peace," is planned for April 17-April 20, 2005. The community kick-off event is a screening of the documentary "About Baghdad" and meeting with the co-producer, Adam Shapiro. The film is free and open to the public, 7:00 pm, April 17. The documentary, 'About Baghdad' is an hour and 30 minute documentary, shot in totality in Baghdad in July 2003 (3 months into the occupation), and thus it reveals a quite interesting place in time. <BR>
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"About Baghdad" received numerous accolades and prestigious recognition; The New York Times stated that it "manages to present a true diversity of opinion. . . emotionally and intellectually challenging." It won Best Documentary at the Big Apple Film Festival 2004 <I>(NY), the </I>Official Selection of IDFA 2004<I> (Amsterdam), </I> Montreal World Film Festival --Official selection, Festival do Rio 2004 (Rio de Janeiro), International Film Festival of Human Rights of Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao, Girona & Viranoz)<B> </B><I>and now it will be showing in <B>Moscow, Idaho</B>.</I> <BR>
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<I>About Baghdad</I> is an independent film of eyewitness testimony about and from Iraqi people. The documentary portrays a yearning for peace, reflections on the complexity of the conditions for peace, and in essence portrays a drama that is still unfolding. In July 2003, Sinan Antoon, an exiled Iraqi writer and poet, returned to Baghdad to see what has become of his city after wars, sanctions, decades of oppression and violence, and now presence of foreign power. <BR>
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<B>The documentary will be introduced by one of its producers; Adam Shapiro (Please note the change form Dr. Rania Masri who regrettably is unable to attend)</B> Comments and conversation with Co-Producer Adam Shapiro, currently a Ph.D. candidate in International Relations at American University in Washington, DC. He holds an MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and an MA in Politics from New York University.<BR>
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, Adam is a founding member of InCounter Productions, which produced the film "About Baghdad" (<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>www.aboutbaghdad.com</U></FONT>), a documentary filmed in Baghdad, Iraq in July 2003. Adam co-produced and co-directed the film, and was in Iraq as part of the on-location film crew. His current film project is focusing on Darfur (<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>www.darfurfilm.org</U></FONT>), where he filmed in October/November 2004. The documentary film is due to be completed in March 2005.<BR>
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Previously Adam served in numerous capacities for Seeds of Peace, notably as the first Director of the Center for Coexistence in Jerusalem, where he oversaw all youth programs in the region. He also worked as a consultant for Civic Forum - a Jerusalem-based Palestinian NGO working on developing civil society and democracy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Adam has traveled the region extensively and in addition to the West Bank has lived and worked in Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus and Iraq. Additionally, he has organized youth conferences in Villars, Switzerland and Prague, Czech Republic.<BR>
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Adam has spoken widely about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and about the post-war occupation of Iraq, appearing at universities and other public forums throughout the United States and the Middle East, and has been a guest on many television and radio programs and interviewed for newspaper articles, including CNN, MSNBC, BBC, NPR, Pacifica Radio and the New York Times. He has also published articles in The Nation.<BR>
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For more information about the film and to view the film trailer please visit the website at www.AboutBaghdad.com <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>http://www.aboutbaghdad.com/</U></FONT>> <BR>
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