Upcoming letter writing meetings and film
March 6, 2008
Tonight (Thursday 6th Mar) Catz Amnesty letter writing meeting in the JCR, 7pm – 8.30 ish. Come along at any point to write as few or many letters as you like.
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This weekend is the Weekend of the Letter with actions focussed on International Women’s Day. There is a joint letter writing meeting at Cauis Green Room on Saturday 8th at 7pm, lasting until 11.45. Again pop along any time during the evening to write your own letters and/or sign some pre-written actions.
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Also on Monday 10th, Clare Amnesty are holding an Amnesty Works night in Clare Cellars 9pm. This includes:
Letter writing raffle (write a letter to enter the raffle)
Exciting cocktails
A chance to find out more about Amnesty successes and current campaigns.
A great excuse to chill out in the bar.
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Finally a film recommended by our own rep Rachel:
“Invisibles” 10th March, 7pm LG17 Law Faculty.
Javier Bardem worked with MSF to produce a film which highlights five neglected humanitarian crises taken from MSF’s yearly list of under-reported humanitarian crises. Each topic is addressed in a separate short film, shot by different directors, creating the five-part film “Invisibles.”
Mariano Barroso directs “Bianca’s Dream,” which looks at the dual role of eflornithine, a drug used as a beauty product in wealthy nations, but which is needed to treat Sleeping Sickness in the Central African Republic.
In “Letters to Nora,” director Isabel Coixet examines how the parasitic disease Chagas afflicting her family in Bolivia affects a young woman working in Madrid.
Director Javier Corcuera travels to Colombia in “Voices of the Stones,” where he documents a group of people affected by the ongoing violence in that country as they try to return to their rural homes.
“Good Night, Ouma,” directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa, examines the ongoing crises of the “night commuters” and child soldiers in northern Uganda.
Acclaimed director Wim Wenders looks into the wide-spread problem of sexual violence and how it is affecting victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Watch trailer: http://www.sogecine-sogepaq.com/invisibles/
After the film there will be a speaker from MSF available for questions and answers.
