FINDING OUR VOICES has been
nominated for Best Female Director and
Best Political Documentary at the
Action on Film
Festival. Tickets:
$10 at the door or in advance at:
Film Festival
Map
July 30, 9:15 p.m. Regency
Theater - 7907 Beverly
Blvd - Los Angeles,
CA Tickets:
$10 ($8 for West Hollywood
residents)
Online at: http://www.bside.com or at the door Festival
info available at: http://whiff2008.com
August 9, 4:30 p.m. Bell
Street Chapel - 5 Bell Street - Providence,
RI Tickets:
$10 Online
at: http://www.rifilmfest.org/ or
at the door
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NOTIFIED!
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Trailer
Listen
to an interview with Victoria Hughes on WPFW,
89.3 in Washington, D.C., June 13,
2008 Every
$10 HELPS!!! http://www.visi.com/juan/congress
Finding Our Voices
Friends, Colleagues and Supporters,
As we enter 2008, an important political year, we'd like your help spreading the word that change is necessary in Washington. Our documentary proves that change is possible and that each of us needs to participate in our democracy. This film will move individuals for years to come - but we need your help to bring the voices of dissent to a wide audience this year!
Every Donation Counts! Make YOUR Voice Heard!
If your funds are limited, please forward this web address to friends and associates so they can check out our information online and spread the word.
We are confident that FINDING OUR VOICES will touch you personally and bring renewed energy to the peace and justice movement!
Peace and blessings,
Holly Stadtler, Executive Producer; Vicki Hughes, Director/Writer; Laurel Jensen, Coordinating Producer; Barr Weissman, Editor
FINDING OUR VOICES is a feature-length documentary that introduces the audience to these and other peaceful patriots who march, sacrifice their jobs, risk imprisonment, and face ridicule to act for a peaceful America and a peaceful world. The film explores their causes and their lives, presenting their common convictions and their myriad diversity. We look at their dissent in response to the world-shattering events of September 11th 2001 and the U.S. invasion of Iraq with its subsequent occupation in the context of history, constitutional rights, and the changing face of law and policy; most importantly, we document their desire to create a better future for their children and grandchildren.
The film weaves together dramatic, hand-held street footage and personal stories and interviews, with news coverage of contemporary events. Our cameras capture intimate moments with a mother who lost her son in what she terms, "a worthless, senseless war that we are never going to win." We see activists demanding that members of Congress present truthful accounts of the situation in Iraq, and hear a passionate preacher reminding his congregation that the power of democracy lies in their hands.
In a nation where almost half of the population questioned from the outset the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and wherein now more than half see it as wrong, it seems obvious that we should see, and hear the voices, of those who have publicly spoken and acted against that war. FINDING OUR VOICES presents their story. From grandmothers to legislators, from soldiers to musicians these activists for non-violence share a different way of being American. In a society that at best marginalizes dissent and at worst condemns it to ridicule and even active suppression … they pick up the banner of idealism.
In FINDING OUR VOICES we raise their voices, to be heard by all of us living in times of conflict, and for the generations to come … reminding us that passion for justice and commitment to a cooperative and peaceful world is possible … that any and all of us can wage peace.