Muhlenberg, Cedar Crest Colleges Collaborate To Present Fired Up Films
The media and communication departments at Muhlenberg and Cedar Crest Colleges join together for Fired Up Films, a series of challenging new political documentaries for reflection and discussion.Thursday, October 25, 2007 01:59 PM
The series is co-sponsored by Muhlenberg’s Center for Ethics.
All films are free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Schedule of Events
Our Brand is Crisis (Rachel Boynton, 2005, 87 min.)
Friday, October 26, 7 p.m.
Cedar Crest College, Miller 33
Followed by a post-film discussion led my Dr. Jeff Pooley, assistant professor of media and communication at Muhlenberg College.
For decades, U.S. Strategists-for-hire have been quietly molding the opinions of voters and the messages of candidates from the Middle East to South America. Following one campaign and its earth-shattering aftermath, we wee how highly-paid consultants use media training and smear campaigns to spread “democracy” around the world.
Sir!, No Sir! (David Zeiger, 2005, 84 min.)
Friday, November 9, 7 p.m.
Cedar Crest College, Miller 33
The untold story of the efforts by many U.S. troops in the Vietnam era to oppose the war while still in uniform, this film explores the side effects these dissident troops had on the military and the war itself. Despite the many records of the protests, these events have largely been erased from the public’s memory.
China Blue (Micha X, 2005, 88 min.)
Wednesday, November 14, 7 p.m.
Muhlenberg College, Lithgow Science Auditorium (Trumbower 130)
Following two teenage jean factory workers and shot clandestinely, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retailers don’t want us to see: how the clothes we buy are actually made.
Argentina: Hope in Hard Times (Matt Dworkin and Melissa Young, 2005, 74 min.)
Tuesday, November 20, 7 p.m.
Muhlenberg College, Lithgow Science Auditorium (Trumbower 130)
What would you do if you lost your job, they closed the banks so you couldn’t access your savings and the government seemed unable to help? In Argentina, they stormed supermarkets for food, and the police gunned down 30 people in just one day. But what happened next was truly extraordinary.
