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From September 2002 to May 2003 the makers of "XXI Century" met with intellectuals, journalists, university professors, writers, historians, political analysts, international observers, human rights organizations, civil rights fighters, religious leaders, peace and anti-war activists, asking questions in an attempt to understand these years in which we are living and try to put together the many pieces of a complicated puzzle. The picture that comes alive is - to paraphrase James Baldwin - "longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it".
Featuring: Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Howard Zinn, Arno Mayer, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Scott Ritter, Susan Sarandon, September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Nelson Mandela, Jesse Jackson, Desmond Tutu, The Nation, Ramsey Clark, Danny Glover, Angela Davis, Jessica Lange, Greg Palast, Ossie Davis, American Civil Liberties Union, Indymedia, Al Sharpton, Pete Seeger, Harry Belafonte, Democracy Now!, Veterans for Peace, United for Peace and Justice, FAIR, Pacifica Foundation, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, MediaChannel, Not in Our Name, International ANSWER and many other voices of dissent.
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A documentary film by Gabriele Zamparini and Lorenzo Meccoli
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XXI CENTURY: PART 1 of 7 û The Dawn
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ôXXI CENTURYö starts its journey from the presidential elections 2000. What
happened in those elections? Who really won the State of Florida? How many
Americans could not vote in Florida that day? Why? Who were they? Why was the
Supreme Court called to decide who was the winner? Did the media do their job?
Howard Zinn talks about a ôpolitical coupö and Gore Vidal refers to the 2000
Presidential Elections as ôthe end of the Republicö. Why?
Everybody in the world knows what September 11th, 2001 means. But how many
people know what really happened that day? Who were the terrorists who attacked
us? Why did they do it? How and with whose money? And how was it possible? Has
there been an investigation? Why did Henry Kissinger resign from the
presidential commission? The BBC and The Guardian investigative reporter Greg
Palast tells us the ômost censored story in Americaö. Gore Vidal and Arno Mayer
reflect critically on this event and with extraordinary clarity of mind open new
views and formulate new challenges.
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XXI CENTURY: PART 2 of 7 û à and the pursuit of Happiness
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The second part of ôXXI CENTURYö tells us the story of what has happened in
America after September 11th, 2001. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Freedom, democracy and the First Amendment. The Patriot Act and Guantanamo. We
asked these questions to American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch,
Center for Constitutional Rights, Amnesty International and many other civil
rights fighters. Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Howard Zinn and many others question
the ôofficial versionö and the status quo.
In this part we also see and analyze the response of the people of the United
States of America. Rallies and demonstrations had never before been so crowded
and frequent as in this anti war movement which û to use Noam ChomskyÆs words û
ôitÆs not just opposition to war, itÆs a lack of faith in the leadershipsö. We
go back over the fear to speak out against the Bush Administration and record
the rising of the biggest anti war movement the United States has ever had. How
effective has the peace movement been? WhatÆs its future?
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XXI CENTURY: PART 3 of 7 û à and nothing but the truth
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Who is the very famous American journalist who went to the BBC in London to
denounce that if he dared to ask serious questions he would be called
unpatriotic and lynched? And who is the other very famous American journalist
who said, referring to Iraq: ôin a few days we are going to own that countryö?
In this third part of the documentary we dare to put under trial the media
complex, and particularly those news outlets which sold their soul and worked as
the propaganda machine of the power. A meaningful list of concrete examples is
told to us by some of the most irreverent, honest and bravest journalists and
news people.
Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Howard Zinn, Arno Mayer, Greg Palast of BBC and The
Guardian, Katha Pollitt of The Nation, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, Emily
Reinhard of Indymedia, Danny Schechter of MediaChannel.org and many others will
enumerate examples of how the mainstream media abdicated its public role as
watchdog of the power.
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XXI CENTURY: PART 4 of 7 û War, Peace and Patriotism
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Desmond TutuDavid Cline, a Vietnam war veteran and president of Veterans for
Peace, remembers his personal story and gives us an idea of what a war looks
like. We get to know the notorious ôchicken-hawksö and how they succeeded to
avoid going to war. The historian Michael Foley helps us to go back to the
Vietnam War period and other veterans tell us about their coming back. The
artist Dread Scott recalls his work ôWhatÆs the proper way to display the US
flagö and with him we start to talk about patriotism.
We asked Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch about the military
spending and the new weapons. The Nobel Peace Prize Nelson Mandela reflects on
the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs while a Hiroshima survivor, remembers
that tragic event.
With the help of Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn we go back to the anti war
movement. Angela Davis, Susan Sarandon, Desmond Tutu, Jessica Lange, Tim
Robbins, Ossie Davis, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Patti Smith...
ôGod bless Americaö, Bush says. ôGod bless the worldö, they reply.
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XXI CENTURY: PART 5 of 7 û Civilization
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Zainab Baharani is an Art Historian at Columbia University who was born in
Baghdad. With her we retrace the famous civilizations of the Sumerians,
Babylonians and Assyrians. She also describes in detail the damages to the Iraqi
architectural and artistic heritage due to the first Gulf war, the sanctions
imposed by the United Nations and the bombings of this war.
Susan SarandonWorld War I, the collapsing of the Ottoman Empire and the
partition of the Middle East. Saddam Hussein and the Baath Party. The close ties
between the Reagan and Bush Administrations with Saddam Hussein during the
Iran-Iraq war. The use of gas against the Iranians and the Kurds. The weapons of
mass destruction and the money behind them. Finally the invasion of Kuwait, the
first Gulf war, the UN sanctions against Iraq and their effects on the civilian
population.
All of this and much more are discussed by historians, international law
scholars, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International Physicians
for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark
and many others.
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XXI CENTURY: PART 6 of 7 û Blood and Oil
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While the war against Iraq was approaching, many international organizations
were working to foresee the effects of a new conflict on the civilian population
and the Iraqi economy. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War tell us about the possible scenario
of this recent war. What was the price? And who paid it?
UN and the International Criminal Court. Weapons of mass destruction and the
inspections. Oil, US military bases in the Middle East and the doubts of part of
the American Establishment.
Scott RitterWhatÆs the connection between Iraq and Venezuela? Why did BBC
investigative reporter Greg Palast go to Venezuela?
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, historians, free thinkers and the
former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter tell us ôthe other versionö and help us
to question and deconstruct the lies which we have too often been told.
Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn share their critiques and propose their
point of views. Finally the historian Arno J. Mayer opens new horizons and talks
about a missing link.
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XXI CENTURY: PART 7 of 7 û Pax Americana
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In the last part of ôXXI CENTURYö we try to regard the problem from a new angle.
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, historians and international scholars
will deconstruct the arguments relative to human rights and bringing democracy
to Iraq that were brought by the Bush Administration as the main reasons to go
to war.
Noam ChomskyThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the connections between the Bush
Administration and the Sharon Government; the geopolitical scenario after the
war in Afghanistan and Iraq are discussed by Amnesty International, Human Rights
Watch, historians and international scholars. The Israeli filmmaker Udi Aloni
will add his passionate point of view.
We also take a look at whoÆs who in the Bush Administration and beyond and
propose an interesting point of view on the ôOld Europe business.ö
Noam Chomsky recalls the 80s and reminds us that in Washington now there are the
same people. Howard Zinn, Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, and Arno Mayer will try to
see and foresee the century that has just û and so tragically û started. The XXI
Century has begun.
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