Power of Nightmares in NYC
The Power Of Nightmares, May 4th, 7.30pm, Alwan for the Arts.
“In the past politicians promised to create a better world. They had different ways of achieving this but their power came from the optimistic visions they offered their people. Those dreams failed and today people have lost faith in ideologies. Increasingly politicians are seen as managers of public life.
But now, they have discovered a new role that restores their power and authority. Instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise to deliver us from nightmares” (P.O.N, Introduction)
Against The War on Terror (www.againstwot.com) presents Adam Curtis’s daring BBC documentary on the causes of the war on terror. Showing publicly for the first time in New York City, this challenging take on contemporary politics will be followed by a discussion on the politics of fear and conspiracy theory.
When: May 4th, 7.30-9.30pm.
Where: Alwan for the Arts (http://www.alwanforthearts.org) 16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor
(Trains: 4,5 Bowling Green; N,R Whitehall; 1,2 Wall Street; J,M Broad Street; A,C Broadway)
For more details, email: againstwot@gmail.com
“A sprawling, intellectually ambitious documentary about the political phenomenon usually referred to in journalistic shorthand as the war on terror.” – A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
“As partisan filmmaking it is often brilliant and sometimes hilarious.” – J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE
“Adam Curtis has become the most exciting documentary filmmaker of our time. He’s at once a psychologist, a historian, a journalist, a wizard of images, and a fearlessly incisive cultural detective who delves beneath the hidden myths of the modern world.” – Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
May 21st, 2006 at 10:13 pm
It’s good to know this wonderful film is being shown occasionally. It did actually play in a commercial theater, Cinema Village, back in December [that’s when AO Scott’s somewhat dismissive review ran in the Times], as well as at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. It can be downloaded from a couple of web sites as well. I think it’s a brilliant film, and I agree with Owen Gleiberman’s assessment of Adam Curtis [he was writing about Curtis’s earlier and also excellent Century of the Self].
More thoughts on this and other films at Handyfilm etc, my blog.