Film Description

The DVD includes:

1. INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN A TIME OF WAR:

Running Time: 29:00
(also available on VHS)

Part scathing critique, part call to action, "Independent Media In A Time Of War" is a hard-hitting new documentary by the Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center. This film is composed of a speech given by Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! illustrated by clips of mainstream media juxtaposed with rare footage from independent reporters in Iraq. The documentary argues that dialogue is vital to a healthy democracy. "Independent media has a crucial responsibility to go to where the silence is," says Amy Goodman, "to represent the diverse voices of people engaged in dissent." She makes a compelling argument that the commercial news media have failed to represent the "true face of war."

2. VOICES AGAINT WAR: F15 NYC
Chronicles the experiences of "ordinary" people on the streets of Manhattan as they joined millions around the globe in "The World Says No To War" protests
Running Time: 21:43

3. WOMEN'S FAST FOR PEACE:
With the invasion of Iraq looming, more than 125 women in upstate New York fasted to create a culture of peace rather than of war.
Running Time: 29:00

Independent Media in a Time of War
Voices Against War: F15 NYC
Women's Fast for Peace

Features include:

-Bonus shorts with Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, and the "Peace Train"
-Study Guides
-HM-IMC audio commentaries