FILM PREMIERE/ARTSPEAKS/NOT IN OUR NAME/JULY 23/LOS ANGELES

A NIGHT OF FEROCIOUS JOY
A film by DAVID ZEIGER
about the first major concert against the war

Featuring Performances and Conversations with:  Saul Williams, Blackalicious, Ozomatli, Dilated Peoples, Mystic, The Coup, Jerry Quickley, Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra & The Great Voices of UGMAA, Lida Abdullah, Hassan Hakmoun, Ami Motevalli, and East L.A. Sabor Factory

WEDNESDAY, July 23 2003
7:00 p.m.
The Vista Theater
4473 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles
.50

With A Special Live Panel
Art During Wartime:  Real Attacks, Real Response
David Cross (Mr. Show with Bob & David) - Rickie Lee Jones (Singer, Songwriter) - Rakaa Iriscience (Musician) - St. Clair Bourne (Filmmaker, Robeson:  Here I Stand) - Hassan Hakmoun (Musicians) - Richard Montoya (Culture Clash, Chavez Ravine), Ami Motevalli (Visual Artist) and filmaker David Zeiger
Moderated by Connie Julian of the Artists Network of Refuse & Resist!
Reading by Jerry Quickley

On May 12, 2002, artists gathered at the Palace in Hollywood to create a joyous declaration of defiance.  ArtSpeaks!  Not In Our Name was the first major concert aggainst the war, breaking through the suffocating atmosphere of war and repression - with art, poetry and music.

The concert was a harbinger of things to come.  From hip hop to the philharmonic...from indy to studio filmmakers...from underground poetry houses to the Lincoln Center...on graffiti and gallery walls...poets, artists, actors, playwrights, dancers, novelists, musicians and filmmakers would join in the creation of a culture of resistance that would speak to millions

This film captures the beginning.

Presented by Displaced Films, International Documentary Assocation,
the Artists Network of Refuse & Resist, the Not In Our Name Project and KPFK 90.7 FM

For more information & tickets go to:  www.artistsnetwork.org or call (323) 463-1295
Presale Tickets available online, by phone and by going to
331/3 Books  (1200 N. Alvarado near Sunset) and Libros Revolucion (312 W. 8th Downtown)
Tickets also available at the door