Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends but the Mountains
(NY Premiere)
Kevin McKiernan, US, 2000, 79m (video, doc)
A war of national liberation or a war against terrorism? Filmmaker and acclaimed freelance journalist Kevin McKiernan poses this question at the outset of this stirring, provocative film lensed by legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler. It's all in how you define "good" and "bad": "Good Kurds" are those in Iraq; they're Saddam Hussein's victims whom we want to help. "Bad Kurds" are those waging an armed insurrection against US ally Turkey; they're at the receiving end of US weapons. McKiernan went to northern Iraq to cover the uprising against Saddam. Just a few miles away, no one was covering the hidden war in Turkey, so he decided to bring out the story. Good Kurds, Bad Kurds brings sharp clarity to a complicated history while providing disturbing insight into both US immigration and foreign policy.
Preceded by:
ICC: A Call for Justice
EVC's Youth Organizers Television, US, 2000, 15m (video, doc)
What is the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Who will benefit? Why won't America ratify the treaty? Through archival footage, spoken word poetry and interviews with survivors of torture and ICC advocates, the Youth Organizers crew explores these and other questions surrounding the ICC.
Sat June 24, 1:00;
Wed June 28, 6:00;
Thurs June 29, 1:00