FREE EVENT
The Loft Cinema: (Theater 3)
3233 East Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ
Sunday, January 5, 2020
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
First film [short] Justin Clifton’s “Unnecessary Evil”
Featured film: Circle of Poison
Short Q & A Afterwards
www.loftcinema.org
PSR-Arizona [Physicians for Social Responsibility] is sponsoring two films: a short [9.5 min] “Unnecessary Evil” by Justin Clifton, about uranium mines tailings pollution in the Colorado River affecting the Havasupai First Nations peoples in Arizona. Followed by “Circle of Poison”, a 71 minute documentary about agro-pesticide pollution in international lands in India, Argentina and Mexico. Film is narrated by David Weir, RPCV [Returned Peace Corps Volunteer] from Afghanistan. This also effects US food consumption and First Nation lands.
PSR-AZ and IITC [International Indian Treaty Council] co-sponsor these films for a free screening, Sunday, January 5th, at 4pm at The LOFT in Tucson. The proximity of pesticide use in Yaqui communities in Sonora Mexico near to Tucson, as well as other international locales make this a poignant film for Tucson audiences.
The films illustrate corporate malfeasance, circular lobbying rotations in DC, and health effects of unjust environmental practices. PSR-AZ links the environmental and nuclear industries as significant polluters.
Honor the First Anniversary of UN Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Screening of “Original Child Bomb” – a meditation on the delusion of nuclear weapon utility.
2004, 57 minutes.
Event: Wednesday January 26, 2022 at 6-8 pm.
2004 documentary, named for a Thomas Merton poem, reviews the atom bomb history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Film contains historical and contemporary footage of reactions to the bombing including footage of the photographer in 1945. The US is the only war-time user of nukes to date, and now is one of nine nations with known nuclear weapons. Deterrence, the US strategy, has brought this nuclear proliferation. Now the majority of the globe demands nuclear abolition!
Two options to see the film: in person 6-8 pm [vaccinated and masked] at Grace Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Street. Free Film.
Pre-registration required to determine room size.
Live event followed by short panel and Q&A.
Or link for home stream: Registration required, free.
Registration by 1/25/22: NoNukes2022@gmail.com [kathy altman].
Respond with request for In-person or Link or both!