Movie Nights with the RCYB, Fri Dec 16, "The Handmaid's Tale"
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what: RCYB Movie Night - "THE HANDMAID'S TALE", followed by discussion
when: Friday, Dec 16, 6pm
where: Revolution Books, 1833 Nagle Pl (near corner of Broadway & Denny on Capitol Hill, ph#206-325-7415)
We will have a new event on Fridays at Revolution Books, "Movie Nights with the RCYB", starting a week from today (the 16th). There will be a movie showing followed by discussion on the themes brought up the movie.
To start with we'll have a series of movies dealing with fascism & theocracy, because that is the direction this country is being pushed to by its leaders. (If you don't believe us, you need to read "Revolution" newspaper at revcom.us, as well as the worldcantwait.org website & the books "With God on Their Side" by Esther Kaplan & "Contempt: How the Right Is Wronging American Justice" by Catherine Crier...)
The first movie in this series will be "THE HANDMAID'S TALE" starring Natasha Richardson & Robert Duvall, based on the book by Margaret Atwood. It depicts a country in the near future where Christian Fascists have taken over th whole society (government, media, schools, everything), making the Bible the highest & only law of the land. Part of this involves making women slaves, & because of widespread infertility the institution of the handmaid is brought back in a big way, with fertile women who have sinned (by trying to escape, being rape victims, etc) being forced to have sex with & bear children for husbands whose wives are infertile. Just as in the Bible, the death penalty is the consequence for disobedience to any of this. There is also an underground resistance movement trying to overthrow that whole set-up.
Future films in the series will include "EQUILIBRIUM", "SAVED!", "DAYBREAK", & "I, ROBOT". (Exact schedule TBA.)
Please pass this message on to others; suggestions are welcome; hope to see you there!
what: RCYB Movie Night - "THE HANDMAID'S TALE", followed by discussion
when: Friday, Dec 16, 6pm
where: Revolution Books, 1833 Nagle Pl (near corner of Broadway & Denny on Capitol Hill, ph#206-325-7415)
Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade (Seattle)
http://seattle.rcyb.info
"Revolution" newspaper
http://revcom.us
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what: RCYB Movie Night - "THE HANDMAID'S TALE", followed by discussion
when: Friday, Dec 16, 6pm
where: Revolution Books, 1833 Nagle Pl (near corner of Broadway & Denny on Capitol Hill, ph#206-325-7415)
We will have a new event on Fridays at Revolution Books, "Movie Nights with the RCYB", starting a week from today (the 16th). There will be a movie showing followed by discussion on the themes brought up the movie.
To start with we'll have a series of movies dealing with fascism & theocracy, because that is the direction this country is being pushed to by its leaders. (If you don't believe us, you need to read "Revolution" newspaper at revcom.us, as well as the worldcantwait.org website & the books "With God on Their Side" by Esther Kaplan & "Contempt: How the Right Is Wronging American Justice" by Catherine Crier...)
The first movie in this series will be "THE HANDMAID'S TALE" starring Natasha Richardson & Robert Duvall, based on the book by Margaret Atwood. It depicts a country in the near future where Christian Fascists have taken over th whole society (government, media, schools, everything), making the Bible the highest & only law of the land. Part of this involves making women slaves, & because of widespread infertility the institution of the handmaid is brought back in a big way, with fertile women who have sinned (by trying to escape, being rape victims, etc) being forced to have sex with & bear children for husbands whose wives are infertile. Just as in the Bible, the death penalty is the consequence for disobedience to any of this. There is also an underground resistance movement trying to overthrow that whole set-up.
Future films in the series will include "EQUILIBRIUM", "SAVED!", "DAYBREAK", & "I, ROBOT". (Exact schedule TBA.)
Please pass this message on to others; suggestions are welcome; hope to see you there!
what: RCYB Movie Night - "THE HANDMAID'S TALE", followed by discussion
when: Friday, Dec 16, 6pm
where: Revolution Books, 1833 Nagle Pl (near corner of Broadway & Denny on Capitol Hill, ph#206-325-7415)
Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade (Seattle)
http://seattle.rcyb.info
"Revolution" newspaper
http://revcom.us
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