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During World War II, Frank Capra made a series of films called WHY
WE FIGHT that explored America's reasons for entering the war. Today,
with our troops engaged in Iraq and elsewhere for reasons far less
clear, it's crucial to ask the questions: 'Why are we doing what we
are doing? What is it doing to others? And what is it doing to us?'" |
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Now,
"Why We Fight" is a new film by Eugene Jarecki that won
the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. It's an unflinching
look at the anatomy of the American war machine, weaving unforgettable
personal stories with commentary by a "who's who" of military
and beltway insiders. "Why We Fight" launches a bipartisan
inquiry into the workings of the military industrial complex and the
rise of the American Empire. |
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Inspired
by Dwight Eisenhower’s legendary farewell speech, filmmaker
Jarecki surveys the scorched landscape of a half-century's military
adventures, asking how – and telling why – a nation of,
by, and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system
whose survival depends on a state of constant war. |
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The
movie will open nationwide on January 20, 2006. We urge you to check
your local listings, and to bring your friends and colleagues to see
this urgent, incisive movie. www.whywefight.com |
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here for a spreadsheet listing theaters in cities across
the country.
Jan 20th New York, Los Angeles
Jan 27th San Francisco, Boston, San Diego, Seattle
Feb 10th Denver, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, Chicago,
Washington DC, Philadelphia, Portland
Feb 17th Detroit, Atlanta, St. Louis
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And
it's good moviemaking, too
We're not
the only ones who like it.
"Eugene
Jarecki's nimble and brilliant docu-dissection of the military-industrial
complex, unearths the deepest roots of our scariest political realities.
I defy anyone not to be staggered by it." -- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT
WEEKLY
"A dense
and absorbing critique of American militarism." --
A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES
"A stunning
film that lines up the evidence to explain not only how we got into Iraq,
but how corporate forces have propelled us into wars for the last 50 years."
--
Sean P. Means, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
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