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May 18, 2006

American Zeitgeist Screening

Via an email tip I've just learned about what sounds like a fascinating documentary, Rob McGann's American Zeitgeist: Crisis & Conscience in an Age of Terror, which will be screened Thursday June 15, 2006, at 7:15 Pm at the New York Society for Ethical Culture to promote the documentary's DVD launch (check out the trailer). The New York screening will feature a post-film debate between Christopher Hitchens and Mahmood Mamdani.

According to the film's website, Zeitgeist "explores the underlying fractures of the War on Terrorism, considering how what America is, what it does and what it represents have become the most explosive questions on the world stage since September 11th." Experts interviewed for the documentary include Richard A. Clarke, Peter Bergen, Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon, Jessica Stern, Samantha Power, Christopher Hitchens, Paul Berman, Tariq Ali, Noam Chomsky, Hamid Dabashi, and many others, bringing in a wide array of political and disciplinary perspectives on the war.

I haven't had the opportunity to see Zeitgeist, but the doc has received some high praise for situating the war on terror historically. If anyone attends the June 15 screening, I'd love to hear about it, but no matter what, I'm very much looking forward to seeing the DVD.

Posted by chuck at May 18, 2006 10:38 AM

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Looks very interesting. Hopefully it will be unbiased. Cant wait to see the DVD.

Posted by: hornswaggled [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 20, 2006 3:03 AM

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