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July 19: Pioneer Theatre, New York CIty, NY

Join the Woodstock Film Festival and the Media That Matters Film Festival at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in NYC on Tuesday, July 19th at 7pm for a special screening!

The Two Boots Pioneer Theater is located at 155 East 3rd Street (at Avenue A) in NYC
There is free beer and pizza afterwards at a reception downstairs...

Buy your ticket online
or call (212) 591-4034.

All That I Can Be, 8:30 min., Youth Documentary
Produced by Educational Video Center
William, like many young Americans, feels that joining the military is his only way out of a dead-end job and a rough life.
Winner of the Economic Justice Award in the fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival

Followed by...

Rumur Releasing and Greenhouse Pictures present Occupation: Dreamland

Occupation: Dreamland is an unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraqi city of Falluja during the winter of 2004. A tense and grimly humorous study of the soldiers unfolds as they patrol an environment of low-intensity conflict creeping steadily towards catastrophe. Through the squad'’s activities OCCUPATION: DREAMLAND provides a vital glimpse into the last days of Falluja. The film documents the city's waning stability before a final series of military assaults began in the spring of 2004 that effectively destroyed it.

Filmmakers Garrett Scott and Ian Olds were given access to all operations of the Army's 82nd Airborne. They lived with the unit 24/7, giving voice to soldiers held under a strict code of authority as they cope with an ambiguous, often lethal environment. The result is a revealing, sometimes surprising look at Army life, operations and the complexity of American war in the 21st century.

"...the invaluable Occupation: Dreamland ... an eerie portrait of a city quietly about to explode and an unnervingly intimate look at eight young soldiers that accords their individuality due scrutiny."
- Dennis Lim, Village Voice

"A sympathetic look at the average joe doing duty in hell."
- Jay Weisberg, Variety

"... a gut-wrenching six weeks in the life of the 82nd Airborne Division... a portrait of tension rising."
- Chris Vognar, The Dallas Morning News

Screenings

June 29: Media That Matters Film Festival at the Roxie hosted by BAVC, San Francisco: Festival partner BAVC (Bay Area Video Coalition) hosts the West Coast Premiere of the sixth annual Media That Matters Film Festival at the Roxie in San Francisco, CA. Stay tuned for details!... [more]

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Get free tools and host your own screening!
The fifth annual Media That Matters DVD is now available. You can host a screening in your community by getting the DVD from the MediaRights store and downloading the free DIY kit including handouts, evaluations and promotional tools!