The Brave New Theater project is showing Robert Greenwald's "Iraq for Sale" for free in Austin on Tuesday night. The headline for the event proclaims: "Elect Tim Walz to Congress to halt war profiteers."
Here's the info from the website:
WHAT: Austin, Minnesota screening of Iraq for Sale
WHEN: Tuesday, October 17 2006 07:00 PM
TICKET PRICE: FREE, RSVP required below
Expect a lively discussion to follow screening and organinzing to turn outrage about war profiteering into political action over two short weeks leading to a close election of a war veteran to the US Congress in our swing district, where every vote really counts!
HOSTED BY: Senator John Kerry.
WHERE: Austin Public Library Conference Room
323 4th Avenue NE
Austin, Minnesota 55912
Map & Driving DirectionsDIRECTIONS: off Main Street, past Paramount, across from Labor Center, parking leads into entrance, turn left for conference room w/ TV & kitchen for refreshments
CONTACT: Chandler Harrison "Harry" Stevens, Norma Wangen, Pat Nicolai for more details.
The notice says that the event is hosted by John Kerry. I've emailed one of the contacts to see if those duties are performed through the miracle of technology (likely).
More on Greenwald's movie at the official website. An article about Greenwald's producer and the Brave New Theater project is found at here on Alternet.
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