Summer Film & Speaker Series, 2001

The Foreign Policy In Focus SUMMER FILM AND SPEAKER SERIES is back for its fourth year! We will be presenting documentary films that take an in-depth looks at current issues around the globe, along with talks from experts, activists, and scholars.

ALL FILMS ARE AT
INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES
733 15TH STREET NW, SUITE 1020
WASHINGTON, DC 20005

Every Wednesday this Summer
Noon - 2 p.m.: June 20 - August 15, 2001

*June 20, 2001*	Topic: Colombia and the Drug War
	FILM: "Coca Mama" Produced by Journeyman Pictures, 2001 The U.S. recently launched another billion dollar aid package to intensify its "War on Drugs." Where does all the money go? Take a look at the real effects of these policies in the Andean Region.
	SPEAKER: Sanho Tree Director of the Drug Policy Project at IPS

*June 27, 2001*	Topic: Sanctions on Iraq
	SPEAKER: Chris Toensing Editor of Middle East Report and Executive Director of MERIP

*July 5, 2001** * THURSDAY	Topic: National Missile Defense
	FILM: "Star Wars: New Hope or Phantom Menace?" Produced by the Center for Defense Information, 2000 President George W. Bush wants to press forward with a form of National Missile Defense--a continuation of the Reagan-era program nicknamed "Star Wars." Is the program feasible? How much will it cost? Will it help or hurt our national security?
	SPEAKER: Steve Young Senior Analyst for Global Security at the Union of Concerned Scientists, will talk about why U.S. missile defense will hurt our relationship with other nations and will lead to an increased security risk.

*July 11, 2001*	Topic: America & China: Military Adversaries or Economic Allies?
	FILM: "Is China a Military Threat?" Produced by the Center for Defense Information, 2000 America has looked at China with a growing mistrust. What are China's current military capabilities? What could bring us into war? Is China becoming America's new cold war adversary for the 21st Century?
	SPEAKER: John Gershman Asia editor for Foreign Policy In Focus, will talk about how to make sense of U.S.-China relations. How do we address concerns about human rights, the environment, and democracy at a time when China is entering the global economy? How do we keep relations from deteriorating into military threats?

*July 18, 2001*	Topic: Modern Day Slavery Globalization: Exploiting Workers Worldwide and Here in Washington, DC
	FILM: "Slavery" Produced by True Vision, 2000 This film explores the increased reports of slavery and trafficking currently occurring in India, Ghana, and in Washington, DC.
	SPEAKER: Joy Zarembka Director of the Campaign for Migrant Domestic Workers' Rights will speak on the abuse suffered by domestic workers right here in the shadow of our nation's capitol. These workers are brought over by diplomats and officials of international agencies, such as the IMF and World Bank. They are, at times, stripped of their rights, abused, and exploited.

*July 25, 2001*	Topic: Sweatshop Labor
	FILM: "Gap and Nike: No Sweat?" Produced by Panorama, 2000 An investigative team goes to Cambodia and finds a factory producing products for Gap and Nike. The conditions inside break both Gap's and Nike's strict "anti-sweatshop codes." By using hidden cameras and interviewing workers, they find child labor, abuse, and a work schedule of seven days a week, often up to sixteen hours a day.
	SPEAKER: Bama Athreya Deputy Director, International Labor Rights Fund will describe the conditions in sweatshops around the globe, and tell us what we can do to help.

*August 1, 2001*	Topic: Global Warming and the "Energy Crisis"
	FILM: "Rising Waters" Produced by Andrea Torrice, 2000 This documentary shows how a hundred years of greenhouse gas emissions are now wreaking havoc on our oceans. People in Fiji and the Marshall Islands attempt to safeguard their land by confronting the fossil fuel lobby, which is fighting both in American and international fora to block measures necessary to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
	SPEAKER: Daphne Wysham Director, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN) To the anger of the rest of the world, President Bush has decided to abandon the Kyoto Protocol. Daphne Wysham will discuss the importance of this international global warming treaty and how our energy plans need to change if we want to avert further ecological disasters.

*August 8, 2001*	Topic: AIDS Pandemic & The Pharmaceutical Struggle
	FILMS: "The Cost of Living" AIDS drugs are prolonging lives and reducing pain... for the few who can afford them. Yet places like Thailand and South Africa are barred from making cheaper, generic drugs for their suffering populations because of practices agreed to under the World Trade Organization. What is being done to change this? "Nkosi" Today, there are more than 14 million children orphaned because of the AIDS pandemic. "Nkosi" tells the story of one of the many young orphans; a little boy living with AIDS who wanted to help by telling his story to the world.
	SPEAKER: Rachel Cohen U.S. Advocacy Liason for Doctors Without Borders' Access Campaign will describe the need for pharmaceutical drugs in the third world and the barriers her organization comes up against trying to obtain them.

*August 15, 2001*	Topic: IMF/World Bank
	FILM: "The Two Trevors" Through the eyes of two very different Trevors, both elected officials of the South African government, we see the debate over IMF and World Bank policies at an international level. This film shows the devastating social and economic effects of these policies in South Africa, and shows the growing movement of the protestors who are trying to change them.
	SPEAKER: Njoki Njoroge Njehû Director, 50 Years Is Enough Network will talk about why tens of thousands of people worldwide are protesting against these institutions; she will also describe the plans for the upcoming Fall protests in Washington, DC.

All programs are FREE.

Bring your lunch! Bring your colleagues!
See current movies that will really make you THINK.

Drinks and dessert will be provided.
For more information call Molly Kennedy at (202) 234-9382 or email <molly@ips-dc.org>.

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Summer Film & Speaker Series, 2001

Topic: Colombia and the Drug War

Topic: Sanctions on Iraq

Topic: National Missile Defense

Topic: America & China: Military Adversaries or Economic Allies?

Topic: Modern Day Slavery Globalization: Exploiting Workers Worldwide and Here in Washington, DC

Topic: Sweatshop Labor

Topic: Global Warming and the "Energy Crisis"

Topic: AIDS Pandemic & The Pharmaceutical Struggle

Topic: IMF/World Bank

All programs are FREE.

Topic: Modern Day Slavery
Globalization: Exploiting Workers Worldwide and Here in Washington, DC