This week at the Palace Theater we are proud to have the opportunity to show you the award winning miniseries The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear. This documentary was made by BBC TV and Adam Curtis in 2004.
This Miniseries is in 3 parts:
Part 1: “Baby it's Cold Outside “ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3755686.stm
Part 2: “The Phantom Victory” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3951615.stm
Part 3: “The Shadows in the Cave” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3970901.stm
We will be showing all 3 parts every day this week as follows:
Friday
2 pm SLT part 1, 5 pm SLT part 2, 8 pm SLT part 3
Saturday
2 pm SLT part 2, 5 pm SLT part 3, 8 pm SLT part 1
Sunday
2 pm SLT part 3, 5 pm SLT part 1, 8 pm SLT part 2
Monday
2 pm SLT part 1, 5 pm SLT part 2, 8 pm SLT part 3
Tuesday
2 pm SLT part 2, 5 pm SLT part 3, 8 pm SLT part 1
Wednesday
2 pm SLT part 3, 5 pm SLT part 1, 8 pm SLT part 2
Thursday
2 pm SLT part 1, 5 pm SLT part 2, 8 pm SLT part 3
The Power of Nightmares, subtitled The Rise of the Politics of Fear, is a BBC documentary film series, written and produced by Adam Curtis. The series consists of three one-hour films, consisting mostly of a montage of archive footage with Curtis's narration, which were first broadcast in the United Kingdom in late 2004 and have been subsequently aired in multiple countries and shown in several film festivals, including the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
The films compare the rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and noting strong similarities between the two. More controversially, it argues that the threat of radical Islamism as a massive, sinister organized force of destruction, specifically in the form of al-Qaeda, is in fact a myth perpetrated by politicians in many countries—and particularly American Neo-Conservatives—in an attempt to unite and inspire their people following the failure of earlier, more Utopian ideologies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_power_of_nightmares
There is no charge for admission, we have free popcorn, and free posters for the movies we show. We also always have something up on the screen 24 hours a day. So come out and enjoy a quality recent political documentary and discuss it with your friends in SL's classic, free, art house, movie theater...
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