"War Made Easy" Screening at the Riverview Theater August 9, 2008 at 10:30 AM

An August 9th showing of “War Made Easy”, the critically acclaimed documentary movie produced by the Media Education Foundation, narrated by Sean Penn and featuring Norman Soloman will begin a kickoff promotion for “Peace Island Picnic” (one of the “UnConvention” projects being organized for Sept 4th on Harriet Island by Coleen and Ross Rowley).

All members of the Twin Cities Peace Community and other citizens concerned about the broader issues of social, civic and environmental justice (that seem to be sacrificed or trade-offs in the so-called endless “War on Terror”) are invited to attend a showing of this insightful movie at 10:30 a.m. at the Riverview Theatre in Minneapolis on Saturday, August 9th. “War Made Easy” provides unique insights about the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq, setting government spin and media collusion from the present alongside virtually identical patterns from the past. The movie showing will serve as a fundraiser for the “Peace Island Picnic” but is also being planned to allow all organizers of other “UnConvention” projects as well as the various peace marches (including the “March on the RNC” and “Liberty Parade”), concert rallies and conferences (notably the “Peace Island Conference” at Concordia Sept 2-3) to provide information about all the various events underway during the first week of September when national attention will focus on the Twin Cities due to the RNC being held in St. Paul.

Charitable donations of $10 are requested but any amount is welcome. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law (although no one will be turned away). Checks can be made payable to “Intermedia Arts” which is a 501 C-3 organization acting as the fiscal sponsor for the “Peace Island Picnic”. The “Peace Island Picnic” is a non-partisan, non-profit event.