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Double feature offered in Ottawa |
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Written by the Jewish Tribune staff
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009 |
OTTAWA – True to its mandate to offer “alternative conservative and/or libertarian films that really make you think,” the Free Thinking Film Society will present its first double feature: The Monster Among Us and The Case for Israel.
The Monster Among Us is Media Projects’ film about the alarming rise of antisemitism in Europe, and it includes excerpts from almost 200 hours of footage shot in Germany, Hungary, France, England, Holland and Belgium. Antisemitism has surfaced on university campuses, in the media, on the streets, on the Internet, at political demonstrations and in seemingly innocent social situations, according to the documentary. It examines this wave of antisemitism against European Jews and their institutions, mainly from the point of view of those who have directly experienced the violence or live every day with the threat.
The Case for Israel is a new landmark feature documentary with renowned attorney Alan Dershowitz, one of the most outspoken supporters of Israel in the United States. The film provides a vigourous case for Israel’s right to exist, to protect its citizens from terrorism and to defend its borders from hostile enemies. Through incisive conversations with key judicial, political and academic leaders, Dershowitz refutes deeply entrenched misperceptions about Israel’s history, Jewish claims to a homeland, individual rights under Israel’s democratic system of government, the security fence and military conduct in the face of terrorist attacks.
The Free Thinking Film Society was established in 2007 in Ottawa for those “tired of documentaries that always seem to blame the West and want bigger government as a solution to every problem,” according to its web site. The films it presents provide an “alternative to the dominant narrative provided by regular art-house fare.”
The double feature will be showing April 13, 6:30 p.m., at the National Archives/Library of Canada, 395 Wellington St. Admission is $10. For more information, visit freethinkingfilms.com. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 February 2009 )
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