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Cinema from: U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice

Oct 18 - Occupation: Dreamland (2005)

An unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraq city of Falluja during the winter of 2004. A collective study of the soldiers unfolds as they patrol an environment of low-intensity conflict creeping steadily towards catastrophe. Through the squads activities Occupation: Dreamland provides a vital glimpse into the last days of Falluja. The film documents the citys waning stability before a final series of military assaults began in the spring of 2004 that effectively destroyed it.

Filmmakers Garrett Scott and Ian Olds were given access to all operations of the Armys 82nd Airborne. They lived with the unit 24/7, giving voice to soldiers held under a strict code of authority as they cope with an ambiguous, often lethal environment. The result is a revealing, sometimes surprising look at Army life, operations and the complexity of American war in the 21st century.

Directed by: Garrett Scott and Ian Olds
Run time: 78 minutes
Web site: Occupation: Dreamland

1 NOVEMBER
Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers (2006)
directed by Robert Greenwald
(http://iraqforsale.org/).

15 NOVEMBER
George W. Bush: Faith in the White House (2004
directed by David Balsiger.

29 NOVEMBER
Occupied Minds: A Palestinian-Israeli Journey Beyond Hope and
Despair (2005)
directed by Dajani and Michaelis themselves
(http://www.linktv.org/press/pdf/om_pr_5_27_05.pdf).

13 DECEMBER
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
directed by Davis Guggenheim
(http://www.climatecrisis.net/).