SEE (HARVEY) "MILK" -- SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF THIS MOVIE ... OPENS IN MANY NEW THEATERS on FRIDAY (Dec. 12).
MILK REVIEW SEARCH: http://www.google.com/search?q=movie+milk+reviews THEATERS SEARCH: http://www.google.com/movies?q=movie+milk+theaters SOME GLBT ACTIVISTS are boycotting Cinemark/Century theaters, and are recommending alternatives. (Cinemark CEO, Alan Stock, personally donated $9999 FOR CA Prop. 8). More info below. I understand the sentiment, but ... After the mind-blowing ELECTION SUCCESSES and FAILURES (e.g. Prop 8), and paradigm shift in the air, we have quite the TEACHABLE MOMENT. TIMELY, RELEVANT popular films like Milk, showing effective non-violent political struggle against oppression are IMPACTFUL. They're showing OUR TRAINING FILM in THEIR THEATER, and promoting the film to A LOT OF PEOPLE we don't usually reach. Films continue to run as long as they have a strong turnout. (I did confirm this with a Century theater manager). DON'T BOYCOTT mainstream theaters showing OUR movies. (Amy Goodman reminds us that WE ARE the MAINSTREAM). Support this film at ALL THEATERS. About the BOYCOTT of Cinemark Theaters: The Irony is not that we're giving business to a company with a CEO who donated $9999 against equality. THE IRONY is that his popular theaters are promoting and showing our intro training film. SEE MY LETTER published in the Daily Camera on Wednesday (Dec 10), copied below. BOYCOTT INFO: http://www.NoMilkForCinemark.com/ LETTER (Boulder Daily Camera, Wednesday, December 10, 2008): Harvey Milk Support movie at all theaters Members of our GLBT rights community have come out against the showing of Milk at our local commercial theater. Cinemark is ready to demonstrate its commitment to inclusion by screening this superb dramatic history of an American hero, Harvey Milk, played powerfully by another American hero, Sean Penn. But community activists say that it can't happen here. Alan Stock, CEO and major owner of Cinemark, with 414 theaters in the U.S. and Latin America, funded a fraction of a second of a TV spot against equality with his personal contribution of $9999 in support of California's Proposition 8. Of course, those boycotting Milk at the local theater will see Milk somewhere else. And we'll support one or two ghettoized progressive screenings. But what of our community members who would see Milk only because it is among the best films showing at the local theater? The Human Rights Campaign and other allies work hard to reach exactly those folks -- the general open-minded public -- with a vision of equality, and inspiration of our culture's continuing progress. This is worth so much more to us than $10 of revenue to a corporation which has -- oh my stars! -- an ultra-conservative CEO. Alan Stock's $9999 played a minor role in the passage of an anti-family initiative. Don't also hand his corporation a reason to keep Milk -- a powerful 2-hour lesson in courageous, historic American efforts toward progress -- away from hundreds of thousands of potential viewers. The passage of Proposition 8 sets the stage for a major transformational shift towards equality. American society is ready. Please encourage all theaters to give Milk the broadest possible exposure, and ensure the success of this, and similar, liberation messages. Symbols are important. Pick the right ones. Support progressive media -- wherever it shows up. Phil Weinstein Boulder ---------------------------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
