[pjw] VIDEO: Sarah Mirk's "Guantanamo Voices" book next two weeks on the Video Bus (online and on cable TV)

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hello Iraq Affinity Group supporters!

You may remember back in January we hosted a talk by author Sara Mirk talking 
about her graphic non-fiction book on Guantanamo. The original 90 minute event 
is still online, but with my Flying Focus video hat on I was able to edit it 
down to two half-hour shows and add footage which didn't appear on the 
livestream (recordings made to the computer hard drive that I was unable to 
push through to Youtube and closeups of some of the slides).

Instructions are below how to watch the show when it plays back this week and 
next, and how to watch the short video comparing the original to the new 
version.

ALSO, and you'll get an email when this happens too, this show will be 
streaming on the Flying Focus Shows web page after its run on Open 
Signal/Portland Community Media. We contributed toward making that happen.

Thanks
dan handelman
peace and justice works iraq affinity group
(and flying focus video collective)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 09:45:33
From: Flying Focus Video Collective <ffvc at flyingfocus.org>
Subject: Sarah Mirk's "Guantanamo Voices" book next two weeks on the Video Bus
      (online and on cable TV)

Sarah Mirk's "Guantanamo Voices" book next two weeks on the Video Bus (online 
and on cable TV)

Author Sarah Mirk talked about her graphic nonfiction book "Guantanamo Voices: 
True Accounts from the World's Most Infamous Prison" on a livestream on January 
12, 2021, one day after the 19th anniversary of the notorious prison. Mirk 
talked about the history of the prison in the context of the "war on terror," 
statistics about the prison and the inmates, and the various people she 
interviewed including guards, former prisoners, and lawyers. She also gave 
behind the scenes commentary on how the book was created, with various artists 
illustrating each chapter using her notes, sketches and photographs for 
reference. Of nearly 800 people brought to Guantanamo, 40 remain there today. 
The show reveals how the US base-- located in Cuba-- forever changed both US 
lives and how Americans look at torture and indefinite imprisonment.

The original event was coordinated by Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity 
Group as a livestream on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn97R4zeakU). 
The presentation begins with an introduction by local media personality Theresa 
Mitchell. The Flying Focus version improves on the original with additional 
video that was not part of the Peace and Justice Works stream.

Watch a "side-by-side" comparison of two short clips on our (less than 
two-minute long) promotional video for this show: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQi0IamgXE

The original stream and the Flying Focus re-edit were both produced by Dan 
Handelman (of PJW and FFVC).

"Sarah Mirk Illuminates 'Guantanamo Voices'" plays back at the following times. 
You can stream the show live each week at the links below. Showtimes are 
Pacific Standard Time.

Part 1:

Monday, April 5, 6:00 PM Ch. 22 Comcast / Ch. 8002 CenturyLink
        and streaming live at http://opensignalpdx.org/itn1

Wednesday, April 7, 11:00 PM, Ch. 23 Comcast / Ch. 8003 CenturyLink
         and streaming live at http://opensignalpdx.org/itn2

Friday, April 9, 9:30 PM, Ch. 11 (Cable Access Network-- Citywide)
         also on HD Ch. 331 Comcast / and 1011 Centurylink
         and streaming live at https://opensignalpdx.org/can

Part 2:

Monday, April 12, 6:00 PM Ch. 22 Comcast / Ch. 8002 CenturyLink
        and streaming live at http://opensignalpdx.org/itn1

Wednesday, April 14, 11:00 PM, Ch. 23 Comcast / Ch. 8003 CenturyLink
         and streaming live at http://opensignalpdx.org/itn2

Friday, April 16, 9:30 PM, Ch. 11 (Cable Access Network-- Citywide)
         also on HD Ch. 331 Comcast / and 1011 Centurylink
         and streaming live at https://opensignalpdx.org/can

DVD copies of the show will be available in late April for a suggested donation 
of $11 plus $4 postage. We are now also offering our shows on USB Flash Drive; 
please enclose and extra $3 to cover the cost of the media. We will be posting 
this show on our YouTube page thanks to a generous donor and Peace and Justice 
Works. Streaming rights for this or any of our shows can be obtained for $75 
per program (individuals / nonprofits) or $125 (larger institutions). Once you 
obtain streaming rights, the show can be posted on line for all the world to 
see-- for free, on your own site or ours. See our current streaming shows at 
<http://www.youtube.com/FlyingFocusShows>.

Donations of any size are always welcome to help support our all-volunteer 
work. While videos can't be ordered on line (due to restrictions by Network for 
Good), general support can be sent via 
<http://www.flyingfocus.org/donateonline.html>.

Please call or write back if you have any questions.

Thank you

Dan Handelman
Flying Focus

PS: Open Signal/PCM continues to cablecast all programs with "letterboxing" so 
that our shows, created in old-school 4:3 format, appear in the middle of your 
screen. Also, our show is carried on the Comcast's High Definition channel 322 
on Monday evenings, channel 323 on Wednesday nights and channel 321 on Fridays, 
as well as CenturyLink's channels 8502, 8503 and 1011, but our shows are not 
yet produced in HD.

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