[MKE - Indymedia] Irish/Cuban filmmaker on WPR & in Milw Tues./Full schedule wi. 4 screenings on Feb. 8 & 9

[WI Cuba Coalition]

This Tuesday & Wedn., WI residents will have a unique opportunity to hear
from an Irish journalist who works in Cuba, combined with the Midwest
premiere in Milwaukee of her documentary film "Mission Against Terror," on
the history of terrorism against Cuba & the case of the five Cubans now
imprisoned in the U.S. after they attempted to prevent terrorism being
planned in Florida.

Here is her full schedule, followed by a description of her visit this week
and the two major public showings at 7pm on (Shrove) Tuesday and (Ash)
Wednesday, respectively. All events are open to the public, including the
midday events at MATC & MU. While we have both English and Spanish subtitled
versions of her 48 min documentary (& much of either is accessible in the
other language), all of the programs are scheduled for English-speaking
audiences except for the Tuesday, 12:15 program at MATC (in Spanish).
Tuesday February 8th:

10-11am. WPR Live radio/call-in interview with Kathleen Dunn, www.wpr.org;
90.7 FM in S.E. WI & broadcast statewide; also streamed live globally via
the internet

11:00am. At MATC (Milwaukee Area Technical College, Main Campus),
C-Auditorium, 2nd floor of the Continuing Education Building on Highland
Avenue 7th & 8th Sts. Two presentations of "Mission Against Terror":
11:00am - c.12:15 pm Presentation in English
12:15 pm - c.1:30 pm. Presentation in Spanish

[6:00pm. Steering Committee meeting, WI Coalition to Normalize Relations
with Cuba]
7:00pm. Director's screening of "Mission Against Terror" & presentation at
Central United Methodist Church, 639 N. 25th St. (Free off street parking
available south of the church. Donation requsted.

Wednesday February 9th:

12 noon in Marquette University Union, AMU 227, 15th St & WI Ave., Soup with
Substance - sponsored by Campus Ministry and JUSTICE, screening of "Mission
Against Terror" and brief talk/discussion

7:00pm. Director's screening of "Mission Against Terror" & presentation at
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union, East Wisconsin Room, 2200 E.
Kenwood Ave. Donation requsted.
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Cuban/Irish Film on terrorism premieres in Milw. on Feb. 8 & 9

Irish Co-director to speak at screening of documentary on the "Cuban 5"

Please download (in .pdf format) and distribute the flyer for this event!

A documentary film from Cuba entitled "Mission Against Terror," will have
its Midwest premiere in Milwaukee on February 8th and 9th, featuring a
special appearance by one of its directors, an Irish journalist who works in
Cuba.

The movie tells the story of five Cuban nationals who monitored extremist
groups in Florida some ten years ago to try to protect their homeland from
terrorism, which has claimed over 3,000 lives in the last 45 years. The
"Cuban 5," as they are known internationally, are currently serving their
seventh year in U.S. federal prisons, including Fernando Gonzalez in Oxford,
WI.

The first screening will be on Tuesday, February 8, at 7pm at the Central
United Methodist Church, 639 N. 25th Street. A second showing, also at 7pm,
will take place the following day, on Wednesday, February 9th, at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union in the East Wisconsin Room, 2200 E.
Kenwood Ave. Admission to both events is by donation, with $5-$10 suggested.


Milwaukee will hold this Midwest premiere in part because of one of the
"Cuban 5" remains in prison in Wisconsin, serving a 19 year sentence for his
nonviolent efforts to discover and prevent terrorist acts planned and
financed in Florida.

The premiere features a special appearance by the film’s co-director Bernie
Dwyer, an Irish woman who has lived and worked in Havana for the past four
years as a journalist with Radio Havana. Dwyer was previously a lecturer in
Women's Studies at University College in Dublin. This is the fourth
documentary film she has made with Cuban producer Ruiz Rebo, including three
prior films on the Irish heritage of Che Guevara and the Irish influence on
the Cuban revolution: 1999: "Che: The Irish Legacy" (Che Guevara's Irish
links); 2001: "Che in Ireland" (Che Guevara's visit to Dublin in 1964); and
2002: "The Footprints of Cecilia McPartland" (Irish mother of Cuban
revolutionary Julio Antonio Mella).


Sponsors for this visit and screening include the Wisconsin Coalition to
Normalize Relations with Cuba, Milwaukee Committee to Free the Five, Peace
Action - Wisconsin, National Lawyers Guild - Milwaukee Chapter, Milwaukee
Coalition for a Just Peace, and YCL Milwaukee.


For further information, call (414) 273-1040, ext. 12, or visit
www.wicuba.org or www.freethefive.org.
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