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At 11:19 AM 2/23/2004 -0600, Neeraja Aravamudan wrote:
From Riaz Zaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Post 9/11 Documentary at Gene Siskel on March 27th
I would like to show this film at my law school. Do you know how I can obtain a copy, or contact these Chicago Film Makers?
Riaz
PATRIOT ACTS
Director: Sree Nollamothu
Gene Siskel Center on Saturday, March 27th at 8pm.
60 minutes
Patriot Acts explores the human cost of the Bush Administration's >controversial NSEERS program. Inspired by post-9/11 national >security >concerns, NSEERS (also known as "Special Registration") required all >non-immigrant, Muslim males over the age of 16 to register with the >Department of Homeland Security. > >Patriot Acts penetrates into the heart of a predominantly Pakistani >and >Indian community on Chicago's North Side and tells the stories of >two men: >Tariq Moti, a dancer detained twice by immigration authorities after >9/11, >and Mohammad Tariq, a father who came to the United States in search >of >medical care for his two blind children. The documentray follows Mr. >Moti >and Mr. Tariq as the two men navigate a maze of newly minted and >controversial immigration laws while under the constant threat of >arrest, >detention, and deportation. > >The film also features Chicago immigration lawyer Christopher Helt, >Department of Homeland Security official Carol Hollstrom, >human-rights >activist Sister Dorothy Pagosa of the 8th-Day Center for Justice, >and >Pakistani community leader and radio talk-show host Dr. Mujahid >Ghazi. > >Set in March 2003, on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Patriot >Acts >captures the turmoil and confusion of a moment during the U.S. >Government's >'war on terror' when basic civil liberties were sacrificed at the >altar of a >false security. In December 2003, the Department of Homeland >Security >suspended Special Registration while denying accusations of racial >or >religious profiling. Ultimately, over 83,000 men from 25 >predominantly >Muslim countries registered. None were charged as terrorists. > >Patriot Acts provides a human perspective of an issue that has been >surprisingly muted in most news coverage but has devastated hundreds >of >thousands of people.
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