| The winner of multiple-international awards, the documentary, “Little
Birds - How many children have you killed in Iraq?” will be screened in
four US cities: New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Austin!! The dates
for it are: Jan. 25th to Feb. 9th, 2007. The director, Takeharu Watai
will be visiting each screening to give talks and answer questions. Don’t
miss your chance to see this much-discussed film.
Winner of the 2005 Human Rights Award at the Locarno International
Film Festival, the independently-produced documentary, "Little
Birds" is a result of 123 hours of footage shot in Iraq over a
span of a year and a half by Japan's award-winning video journalist,
Takeharu Watai. Edited down to 102 minutes and released in Japanese
theaters in 2005, the film has since then been screened over 200 times
domestically.
SCREENING & LECTURE SCHEDULE:
▼January 25, Thursday Chicago, IL
DePaul University - Screening and Q&A
▼January 26, Friday Chicago, IL
University of Chicago - Screening and Q&A
▼January 27, Saturday Oakland, CA
Humanist Hall - Screening & Talk with WATAI Takeharu and Carolyn
Ho (mother of Lt. Ehren Watada*)
Film presented by Arab Film Festival: www.aff.org
▼January 28, Sunday San Francisco,CA
Women's Building - Screening & Talk with WATAI Takeharu and Carolyn
Ho (mother of Lt. Ehren Watada*)
Film presented by Arab Film Festival: www.aff.org
*Lt.Ehren Watada became the first commissioned officer to publicly
refuse
deployment to the Iraq war. Lt.Watda faces court-martial charges and
six
years of prison if found guilty. For more information: www.thankyoult.org
▼January 31, Wednesday Austin, TX
Alamo Drafthouse -Alamo Downtown Theater - Screening + Q&A
http://www.originalalamo.com/downtown/frames.asp
▼February 1st, Thursday Austin, TX
University of Texas - Lecture at Professor of Journalism, Robert Jensen's
class
▼February 7, Wednesday New York, NY
777 United Nations Plaza 5:30PM - 8PM - Screening + Q&A
Contact: Peace Boat US,
TEL: 212-687-7214, MAIL：info@peaceboat-us.org
▼February 8, Thursday & 9, Friday Ithaca, NY
Cornell University - Lecture by WATAI Takeharu
▼February 9, Friday Ithaca, NY
Cornell University - Screening and Q&A
WINNER OF:
2005 Locarno International Film Festival Winner of Human Rights Award
OFFICIAL SELECTION :
2005 International Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
2005 Montreal International Film Festival
2005 Hong Kong International Film Festival
2006 Singapore International Film Festival
2006 Raindance International Film Festival
Director Profile: WATAI Takeharu
Born in 1971 Japan. Watai is a freelance video journalist and a member
of Asia Press International, a news agency consisting of a group of
independent journalists. His extensive experience covering conflict-ridden
areas around the globe include reports of the crisis in Sudan, East
Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq. For his reporting activities, he received
the 2003 Vaughn-Ueda Awards Special Prize and the 41st Galaxy Awards
Excellent Reporting Prize. In 2005 he published a book by the same title,
“Little Birds.”
The director welcomes press interviews and any other publicity concerning
“Little Birds” US screenings.
【Contact】
Bio-Tide and Associates
When sending email, please include
the words "LITTLE BIRDS" in the subject, otherwise it is likely be thrown
out as SPAM.
E-mail: infoeng@biotide-films.com
URL：http://www.biotide-films.com/index_en.html
TEL：+81-3-3369-8221 fax：+81-3-3369-8228
3-13-10. 3F, Chuo, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan 164-0011
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