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Voices from the Earth: Current Issue

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Now Available for purchase

The Return of Navajo Boy (with updated 2008 Epilogue)This Official Sundance Film Festival 2000 selection, The Return of Navajo Boy, triggers a federal investigation of uranium houses and shows one family's struggle for environmental justice. DVD is available for home-use, $19.99 plus shipping. Learn more about the film at navajoboy.com

COUNTDOWN TO ZERO (Nuclear Weapons) traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. Written and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (The Devil's Playground, Blindsight), the film features an array of important international statesmen, including President Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair. It makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more topical than ever with the Obama administration working to revive this goal today. The film was produced by Academy Award® winner and current nominee Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds, An Inconvenient Truth) and developed, financed and executive produced by Participant Media, together with World Security Institute. Participant collaborated with Magnolia on last year's Food, Inc., recently nominated for an Academy Award®, and the upcoming CASINO JACK and the United States of Money. Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Bruce Blair and Matt Brown are the film's executive producers.

NEW MEXICO:
Santa Fe:
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS www.ccasantafe.org/cinematheque_upcoming.html

Countdown to Zero: Opening Night Fundraiser
7:00p Friday August 6, $12
For Tickets/Reservations call (505) 982-1338

With panel discussion: New Mexico and the Bomb
We kick off the exclusive theatrical run of this film—an Inconvenient Truth for nuclear weaponry—with a panel discussion featuring representatives from several local organizations. Reservations strongly recommended. Proceeds benefit the CCA Cinematheque.

Friday ­ 8/6 (7 pm)
Saturday ­ 8/7 (4:30 and 6:30)
Sunday ­ 8/8 (4:30 and 6:30)
Monday ­ 8/9 (4:30 and 6:30)
Tuesday ­ 8/10 (4:30 and 6:30)
Wednesday ­ 8/11 (4 and 6)
Thursday ­ 8/12 (4:30 and 6:30)
Friday ­ 8/13
Saturday ­ 8/14
Sunday ­ 8/15
Monday ­ 8/16
Tuesday ­ 8/17
Wednesday ­ 8/18
at each showing local groups will have information about action to take in New Mexico to support reducing nuclear weapons

The Mission of the Center for Contemporary Arts is to create, maintain and promote a vibrant regional gathering place for the exploration and presentation of diverse and challenging contemporary art forms and ideas through our interdisciplinary programs: film, digital media, visual arts, performance and educational outreach.

Albuquerque:
Century 14 Downtown
August 20 (TBD)

"...Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us..."

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