Screening: _Good Kurds, Bad Kurds_ (Dir. Kevin McKiernan, 2000)
A war of national liberation or a war against terrorism? Filmmaker and acclaimed freelance journalist Kevin McKiernan poses this question at the outset of this stirring, provocative film shot by legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler. It all depends on how you define "good" and "bad." "Good Kurds" are those in Iraq; they're Saddam Hussein's victims whom we want to help. "Bad Kurds" are those waging an armed insurrection against US ally Turkey; they're at the receiving end of US weapons. McKiernan went to northern Iraq to cover the uprising against Saddam. Just a few miles away, no one was covering the hidden war in Turkey, so he decided to bring out the story. _Good Kurds, Bad Kurds_ brings sharp clarity to a complicated history while providing disturbing insight into both US immigration and foreign policy.
Tuesday, May 21, 7:30 PM 264 MacQuigg Lab, OSU 105 W. Woodruff Ave., Columbus, OH
Sponsors: the Student International Forum and Social Welfare Action Alliance. Campus Map: <www.osu.edu/map/linkbuildings/macquigglab.html>. Contact: Yoshie Furuhashi, <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>, 614-668-6554; & Keith Kilty, <kilty.1 at osu.edu>, 614-292-7181.
Download the flyer for _Good Kurds, Bad Kurds_ at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/goodkurdsbadkurds.doc>. Download the flyer for other upcoming SIF/SWAA events at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar13.doc>. -- Yoshie
* Calendar of Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>