Snowbird Symposium - 2007

LECTURES & TALKS every WEDNESDAY in the SALA QUETZAL from 10:30 am-12:30 pm and special guests on other days

DOCUMENTARY FILMS on MONDAYS and THURSDAYS at the TEATRO SANTA ANA ,   from 3:00-4:45 pm, followed by discussion

Admission $50 pesos for all events, DONATIONS ALSO ACCEPTED
Schedule subject to change. Check Atencion weekly for details.

TUES Jan 2
FILM: Letters From the Other Side by Heather Courtney

WED Jan 3
TALK:Emigration’s Impact on Families by Dawn McCarty

THURS Jan 4
TALK: Local Green Economy Is the Future by Kevin Danaher (3PM in Teatro Santa Ana)

TUES Jan 9
TALK: Western vs. Indigenous Perspectives on Reality by Elizabeth Palmer

THURS Jan 11
FILM: The Road to Guantanamo by Michael Winterbottom

WED Jan 17
PANEL: The Political Situation in Mexico Atahualpa Caldera, Norma Suárez & Pepe Ramírez

THURS Jan 18
FILM: Noam Chomsky - Rebel Without A Pause by Will Pascoe

WED Jan 24
TALK: 15th Century Islam Confronts the 21st Century Western World by John Barham

THURS Jan 25
FILM: Iraq For Sale - The War Profiteers by Robert Greenwald

WED Jan 31
PANEL: Mexico Under NAFTA by Cliff DuRand & Atahualpa Caldera

THURS Feb 1
FILM: WalMart - The High Cost of Low Price by Robert Greenwald

WED Feb 7
GAME: Globalization Game: Race to the Bottom

THURS Feb 8
FILM: Burn! with Marlon Brando, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo

MON Feb 12*
TALK-  Political Dimensions of Natural Disasters, by Ceclia Castro & David Stea

MON Feb 12
FILM- Maquilapolis, by Vicky Funari and Sergio de la Torre

WED Feb 14
TALK: Border Issues by Yolanda Millan, David Stea & Cliff DuRand

THURS Feb 15
FILM: Why We Fight by Eugene Jarecki

MON Feb 19
FILM:  When the Levees Broke, Part 1 & 2,  by Spike Lee

WED Feb 21
PANEL: Neo-liberal Globalization Cliff DuRand, Arturo Yarish, and Betsy Bowman

THURS Feb 22
FILM:  When the Levees Broke, Part 3 & 4,  by Spike Lee

FRI Feb 23*
TALK: Human Development: Kerala (India)-Cuba Comparisons by Joe Tharamangalam

MON Feb 26*
TALK: Current Crisis in Lebanon: An Insider’s View by Rima Akkary

MON Feb 26
FILM: Argentina - Hope in Hard Times by Mark Dworkin & Melissa Young

WED Feb 28
PANEL: Solidarity Economy in the Global South by Betsy Bowman, Bob Stone, & Cliff DuRand

THURS Mar 1
FILM: Winter Soldier, by Milestone Film and Video

MON Mar 5
FILM- Fidel: The Untold Story by Estela Bravo

WED Mar 7
TALK: Micro Lending by Betsy Bowman, Irma Rosada & Gregory Diamant

THURS Mar 8
FILM: The Corporation by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Bakan

MON Mar 12*
TALK: Political Dimensions of ‘Natural Disasters’ by Cecilia Castro & David Stea

MON Mar 12
FILM- Howard Zinn: You Can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train by Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller

WED Mar 14
PANEL: Why We Fight Their Wars by Cliff DuRand & Bob Stone

THURS Mar 15
FILM: Hijacking Catastrophe, by Jeremy Earp and Sut Jhally

WED Mar 21
TALK: Why Is the U.S. in Iraq? by John Barham, Gregory Diamant & Cliff DuRand

THURS Mar 22
FILM: Panama Deception by Barbara Trent  

FRI Mar 23 1:00 pm*
TALK: Latin America Tilts Left by Henry Veltmeyer

MON Mar 26
FILM- Trading Democracy, by Bill Moyers

WED Mar 28
TALK: Book Review - “The Global Class War” by Betsy Bowman & Cliff DuRand

THURS Mar 29
FILM: The Greening of Cuba by First Food Video

THURS Apr 5
FILM: Una Causa Noble / A Noble Cause by Miles Merritt