Tonight Screening of Documentary Film: "American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein"
Thursday, April 18th 7:30 to 9:00 PM At The Levantine Cultural Center 5998 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 90035 Between La Cienega & Fairfax Street Parking $8/$6 Members/Students More Information Call: 310-657-5511 or Email: [email protected] Join us in the Levantine café for a film salon. This probing, definitive documentary about American academic Norman Finkelstein reveals a devoted son of Holocaust survivors who is an ardent critic of Israel and US Middle East policy. The author of several provocative books, including The Holocaust Industry and most recently Knowing Too Much, Why the American Jewish Romance With Israel is Coming to an End, Finkelstein has been at the center of many intractable controversies. This screening is cosponsored by The Friends of Film, a Year-Round Festival <http://www.friendsoffilm.com/> . Norman Finkelstein will be speaking in Orange County on April 23 <http://www.levantinecenter.org/arts/authors/dr-norman-finkelstein-knowing-t oo-much> and in Los Angeles on April 25, 2013 <http://www.levantinecenter.org/event/dr-norman-finkelstein-israel-palestine -and-future-peace> . American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein Called a lunatic and a self-hating Jew by some and an inspirational street-fighting revolutionary by others, Finkelstein is a deeply polarizing figure whose struggles arise from core questions about freedom, identity, and nationhood. Directed by David Ridgen (Mississipi Cold Case) and Nicolas Rossier (Aristide and the Endless Revolution) (Documentary | 2009 | USA | 88 minutes) In English with some Arabic language w/ English subtitles. >From Beirut to Kyoto, Ridgen and Rossier follow Finkelstein around the world as he attempts to negotiate a voice among both supporters and critics, providing an intimate portrait of the man behind the controversy while giving equal time to both his critics and supporters. The documentary explores Finkelstein's history and his stance on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. "For us, Finkelstein is the consummate documentary subject: a complex firebrand, principled to the point of self-ruin, at the apex of several of the world's largest conflicts. A man who has never been asked to appear on mainstream American television, but who regularly appears-always creating controversy-in the international media. At once anti-hero, clown, and merciless scholar, Finkelstein creates as many storms as he enters. And to what end? When radicals collide, does it create understanding? Some would argue that it sometimes does. Others would claim that Finkelstein's principled but too often bitter advocacy does much to discredit the cause of a just resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Audiences can decide for themselves." - Directors David Ridgen & Nicolas Rossier [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: [email protected] [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/
