{"id":309,"date":"2010-09-12T09:47:08","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T16:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=309"},"modified":"2011-03-21T21:20:39","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T04:20:39","slug":"kpfa-story-on-9-11-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=309","title":{"rendered":"KPFA Story on 9-11 Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Full Story\u00c2\u00a0Here:<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(14:15 into broadcast)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anchor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Intro:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A FOUR-DAY FILM FESTIVAL DEVOTED TO ISSUES SURROUNDING THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11 2001 IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AT SEVERAL BAY AREA LOCATIONS. THE 6TH ANNUAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 9\/11 FILM FESTIVAL,\u00c2\u00a0 WHICH BEGAN ON THURSDAY AT THE GRAND LAKE THEATER IN OAKLAND, HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 9-11 TRUTH ALLIANCE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, BUT THIS YEAR\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S EVENT WAS ORGANIZED BY A COMMITTEE OF SEVERAL GROUPS. BESIDES THE GRAND LAKE THEATER, THE FESTIVAL WILL ALSO SCREEN FILMS AT THE VIZ THEATER IN SAN FRANCISCO AND AT SAN LEANDRO\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S BAL THEATER. THE EVENT CONCLUDES ON SUNDAY. SHAWN HAMILTON ATTENDED THE OPENING OF THE FILM FESTIVAL AND FILES THIS REPORT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153DESPITE THEIR DIVERSE POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES, WHAT THE FILMGOERS HAVE\u00c2\u00a0IN COMMON IS\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0THE\u00c2\u00a0CONVICTION THAT THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ARE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE COUNTRY\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S MILITARY OCCUPATIONS, ECONOMIC CRISIS, AND EROSION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES. THEY ALSO SHARE THE BELIEF THAT THE 9-11 COMMISSION\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S OFFICIAL VERSION OF EVENTS IS LARGELY FALSE. CAROL BROUILLET (BROO-YAY) IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF THE 9-11 FILM FESTIVAL. SHE EXPLAINS THE VALUE OF THE EVENT:<\/p>\n

BROUILLET: “AND IF A PERSON…THAT’S WONDERFUL.”<\/a><\/p>\n

AMONG THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF PROJECT CENSORED ADDRESSED THE BLATANT CENSORING OF 9-11 ISSUES, NOT ONLY BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA BUT ALSO BY ALTERNATIVE MEDIA. THE GROUP HAS BEEN COVERING CENSORED STORIES FOR 35 YEARS BUT HAS RECEIVED AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE\u00e2\u20ac\u201dEVEN FROM PROGRESSIVES\u00e2\u20ac\u201dFOR COVERING ISSUES RELATED TO 9-11. MICKEY HUFF, PROJECT CENSORED\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S CURRENT DIRECTOR, POINTS OUT THAT THESE ISSUES CONSTITUTE ONLY ONE\u00c2\u00a0ASPECT OF THE GROUP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S FOCUS.<\/p>\n

DURING A PRESENTATION BY HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS TEACHER DAVID CHANDLER<\/a>, DEMOCRACY NOW! HOST AMY GOODMAN <\/a>IS PLAINLY VISIBLE IN A VIDEO SEGMENT THAT INCLUDES AN AUDIBLE EXPLOSION MOMENTS BEFORE BUILDING 7 FALLS.\u00c2\u00a0SOUND FROM THIS EXPLOSION, WHICH ADVOCATES SAY SUPPORTS THE IDEA THAT EXPLOSIVES HELPED DESTROY BUILDING 7, HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM MOST ONLINE VERSIONS OF THE SAME VIDEO. THE VIDEO MAKES IT APPARENT THAT GOODMAN HEARD THE EXPLOSION AND WITNESSED THE BUILDING\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S SUBSEQUENT DROP, YET SHE IS KNOWN TO GENERALLY AVOID DISCUSSING 9-11. HUFF SAYS HE GREATLY RESPECTS AMY GOODMAN BUT WISHES SHE WOULD BE MORE CANDID ABOUT THE REASONS FOR HER APPARENT DISDAIN OF 9-11 ISSUES:<\/p>\n

HUFF: “I’M NOT SAYING BOYCOTT…DIMISSING PEOPLE.”\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF PROJECT CENSORED, PETER PHILLIPS, TOLD THE CROWD THAT HE AND HUFF HAVE EXPERIENCED CENSORSHIP FROM PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY ADDRESS 9-11 ISSUES. THEY HAD RUN OP-EDS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE “INSTITUTE FOR\u00c2\u00a0POLICY STUDIES<\/a>” FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS BUT WERE TOLD LAST APRIL THEY WERE NO LONGER INVITED–SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY HAD MENTIONED BUILDING 7 IN A FACTUAL, ACADEMIC REPORT ON STATE CRIMES AGAINST DEMOCRACY. PHILLIPS SAID THE EDITOR TOLD HIM THAT \u00e2\u20ac\u0153TRUTHERS HURT THE PEACE MOVEMENT.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

PHILLIPS POINTED OUT THE CONTRADICTION OF BEING CENSORED BY THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT FOR WHOM, HE SAYS, THERE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S A WHOLE AREA OF INFORMATION WE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT. HE SUGGESTED THAT INSTEAD OF MAKING 9-11 TRUTH THE KEY ISSUE,\u00c2\u00a09-11 ACTIVISTS SHOULD FIND COMMONALITY<\/a> BY LINKING TO NUMEROUS RELATED ISSUES:<\/p>\n

THE 9-11 FILM FESTIVAL IS CURRENLY UNDERWAY AT THE BAL THEATER IN SAN LEANDRO AND ALSO AT SAN FRANCISCO\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S VIZ CINEMA, WHERE EVENTS WILL CONCLUDE ON SUNDAY. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT SF911TRUTH DOT O-R-G<\/p>\n

FOR PACIFICA RADIO, KPFA<\/a>, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M SHAWN HAMILTON.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Full Story Here:<\/a><\/p>\n

(14 minutes, 15 seconds into broadcast)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Full Story\u00c2\u00a0Here:\u00c2\u00a0(14:15 into broadcast) Anchor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Intro: A FOUR-DAY FILM FESTIVAL DEVOTED TO ISSUES SURROUNDING THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11 2001 IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AT SEVERAL BAY AREA LOCATIONS. THE 6TH ANNUAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 9\/11 FILM FESTIVAL,\u00c2\u00a0 WHICH BEGAN ON THURSDAY AT THE GRAND LAKE THEATER IN OAKLAND, HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 9-11 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,1,6],"tags":[28,24,33,25,26,27,32,34,23,20,31,21,22,30,29],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tQeJ-4Z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":598,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=598","url_meta":{"origin":309,"position":0},"title":"The Grover Norquist Solution at KPFA\/Pacifica","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"January 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"If Grover Norquist had been a consultant for the gatekeeper group of paid staff that seems to run things at KPFA, he might've recommended something like: \"You should reduce Pacifica Radio down to a size where you can \"drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.\"\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Daniel\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":322,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=322","url_meta":{"origin":309,"position":1},"title":"Over 1000 architects and engineers have signed petition to reinvestigate 9-11 destruction","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"September 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00c2\u00a0 The Swill Bucket welcomes visitors referred by Project Censored. 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