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Wed, Sep 24        7pm - 8:30pm
	Ventura County Supporters present Kevin McKiernan discussing and screening excerpts from his film "Good Kurds, Bad Kurds" Thousand Oaks Library 401 E. Janss Road Thousand Oaks, California The public is invited to a free film screening of excerpts from Kevin McKiernan's"Good Kurds, Bad Kurds," a documentary about the Kurdish people. The filmmaker, Kevin McKiernan, will be present to lead discussion, answer questions, and share his experiences among the Kurds, an ethnic group of 40 million people who are divided by the borders of Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria. McKiernan's "Good Kurds, Bad Kurds" is a documentary shot in part by three-time Academy Award winner Haskell Wexler. The film travels from Santa Barbara, CA, home to a small Kurdish refugee community, to Washington, D.C., where an activist struggles to gain lawmakers' attention, to Turkey, where the anti-Kurd campaign continues. Kevin McKiernan, award-winning filmmaker and journalist, is also author of the book The Kurds, has traveled to some of the world's most troubled regions, from Nicaragua, to Iraq, to West Africa. His work has been published by Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, and appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. The event is sponsored by Global Exchange Ventura County Supporters. The Global Exchange Ventura County Supporters is a group of people - a local community of conscience - dedicated to providing monthly public forums, supporting and working with other local organizations committed to social and economic justice, human rights and ecological sustainability, since 2003. For more information: Jim Yarbrough 805-375-9939 GlobalExchangeVCS@yahoo.com www.globalexchangeventuracountysupporters.org
Wed, Sep 24        7pm - 8:30pm
	Talking about his experiences in and showing images of Kurdistan Journey through Kurdistan Thousand Oaks Library 1401 E. Janss Road Ventura, California Kevin McKiernan, whose work has been nominated for the Pulitzer prize, is a journalist, author and filmmaker. McKiernan has covered the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran since the first Gulf War in 1991. He will speak about his experiences and show some of the images he has taken in Kurdistan for The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, and other publications.   One of McKiernan's documentaries, "Good Kurds, Bad Kurds," was shot in part by three-time Academy Award winner Haskell Wexler, and its narrative travels from Santa Barbara, CA, home to a small Kurdish refugee community, to Washington, D.C., where an activist struggles to gain lawmakers' attention, to Turkey, where the anti-Kurd campaign continues.     McKiernan is also author of the book The Kurds.    The program is free and open to the public.  Sponsored by Global Exchange Ventura County Supporters.  A formatted copy of this e-mail is attached for printing as a flyer.   The Global Exchange Ventura County Supporters is a group of people - a local community of conscience - dedicated to providing monthly public forums, supporting and working with other local organizations committed to social and economic justice, human rights and ecological sustainability, since 2003.  Global Exchange, headquartered in San Francisco, is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political and social justice.  Since 1988, Global Exchange has increased the U.S. public's global awareness while building partnerships worldwide. www.globalexchangeventuracountysupporters.org and www.globalexchange.org   If you would like to be removed from this list, please let us know. For more information: 805-375-9939 GlobalExchangeVCS@yahoo.com