PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM YOUR LIST, LISTSERVE, ETC. thank you. Anita >From: Webster Lewin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [slick-list] Haskell Wexler's BUS RIDERS UNION @ slickpictures.com >Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 22:25:59 -0700 (PDT) > >The SlickPictures.com Update >September 20, 2000 > >* "BUS RIDERS UNION" a new film by Haskell Wexler >Exposes the Los Angeles MTA! > >This week, in honor of our striking LA bus drivers, >Haskell Wexler's new documentary opens at the Slick >Pictures online cinema (www.slickpictures.com). As >the Los Angeles mass transportation system grinds to a >halt, we present this 86 minute documentary that >chronicles L.A.'s most vital and unlikely grass roots >movements ever, the Bus Riders Union. > >Director Haskell Wexler, one of the finest >cinematographers in the world (One Flew Over the >Cuckoo's Nest, American Graffiti, Who's Afraid of >Virginia Woolf), chronicles how the Bus Riders Union >successfully brought together a small army of people, >most of whom are poor, black and Latino, that, in >1996, forced the mighty MTA into a federal court order >to improve bus service for its least empowered and >moat ignored citizens. > >BUS RIDERS UNION will be presented in three 30 minute >segments. Part One launches today. Please visit >www.slickpictures.com for more information. > > > >* Also Showing at Slick Pictures! > >Webster Lewin's short comedy - ASSISTANT MANAGER, >about middle-aged displaced factory worker, Jimmy, who >now works at "Happy Burgers" and dreams of a >promotion to Assistant Manager > >Ken Lewin's documentary - KRUEZ MARKET about the >oldest and best barbecue joint in Texas. > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com/ > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
