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Films for Action screens 'Yes Men,' pursues change
BY MAX ROTHMAN
MROTHMAN@KANSAN.COM
All the Yes Men want is a little truth.
Amidst a society of hush-hush corporations, two political activists pose as spokespeople for Dow Chemical Company and others to spread hidden realities.
Films For Action will screen "The Yes Men Fix the World" tonight at 7 p.m. at Liberty Hall Cinema on 644 Massachusetts St. The event
will cost $4, with proceeds helping bring more documentaries to Lawrence.
The Yes Men, like Films For Action, is seeking change in a proactive manner. Films For Action, based in Lawrence, provides an informative and often persuasive way to
international mission statement says that its films are meant to increase awareness of varying social, environmental and media-related subjects that are not granted proper attention by mainstream news outlets.
"Our goal is to provide citizens with the information and perspectives essential to creating a more just, sustainable and democratic society."
At a local level, Films For Action has city chapters that work to influ-
"Our goal is to provide citizens with the information and perspectives essential to creating a more just, sustainable, and democratic society."
persuasion, e.g., it makes you learn. It does so with a film, a more familiar medium than books in today's screen-happy generation.
On its website, Films For Action's
FILMS FOR ACTION Mission statement
ence action within the community. Many of the organization's films are shown on local Public Access TV channels. It also has a free lending library of films for people to watch or screen in other areas.
MOVIE SCREENING
WHAT: A showing of the film "The Yes Men Fix the World"
WHEN: Tonight, 7 p.m.
On its website, Films For Action lists its films, which are viewable online, by 42 different genres. They range from a subject as general
WHERE: Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts Street.
COST:$4
as "Education" to something more precise like "Peak Oil."
precise like Pete Nelson's "The Yes Men Fix the World" is just one in an extensive line of truth-seeking films presented by the organization. In the film, two men are out to expose Dow's responsibility with the Bhopal disaster of 1984 among other chunks of concealed information. They're not considering the repercussions. As the trailer says: "Sometimes it takes a lie to tell the truth."
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Harman said. "I've tweaked and added some things to them. My goal was to try and make it different from what the people who go every year have seen before."
"Secretly, women love talking about their vaginas," said one cast member in the show's introduction.
"The Vagina Monologues" is a testament to that.
"I think that Facebook's willingness to change is a sign of societal willingness to challenge the norms and realize that not everything is black or white" Williams said.
"It's really empowering for women," said Brittany Barney, a
LGBTQ community.
The show is not for the shy or easily embarrassed. Barney laced up in a leather buster and knee-high boots for her monologue in which she portrayed a dildowielding sex worker. Trey Giesen, a sophomore from Great Bend, said it was his first time attending the show. He said he was talking to some of the cast members about sex the night before, and decided to go. After the show Giesen didn't
The new relationship statuses may not be the push that leads to total equality. However, both Earles and Williams agree that it's a positive change.
senior from Louisburg.
"Domestic partnerships may not be illegally official, but at least they can be Facebook official," Earles said.
While some believe the changes are a clear sign of Facebook's support of homosexual relationships, others believe it's just a message of Facebook's tolerance toward its diverse users.
have much to say, "I knew it would be about vaginas" he said. "But it was a lot more about vaginas than I had imagined."
I had imagined.
All proceeds from the show are going to GaDuGi Safecenter and Willow Domestic Violence Center, both in Lawrence, and the V-Day fund for women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Facebook users, the organization hopes that the added options will raise awareness for the LGBTQ community.
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he considers it a small step for the gay community.
diverse users.
Alex Earles, Salina senior and president of the University of Kansas Delta Lambda Phi fraternity, which promotes an environment for gay, bisexual and progressive men, said it's about time the additions were offered. However,
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signal — the number part — is what is important. It signifies the message the police officer is communicating. Police officers learn these codes in academy
The changes may also provide a feeling of inclusivity to the LGBTQ community.
community.
Joshua Williams, Kansas City,
Kan., junior and vice president of
the University's Queers & Allies,
said the additions are a step in
the right direction toward better
social understanding of the
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and use them on the job daily.
They learn and study in academy and have to be proficient before they go on the street. If someone calls a ten-ninety-
tive and the officer doesn't know what that is, that's a problem," Sarna said.
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Flood leaves gator in woman's house
SAO PAULO — After floodwaters receded from her home, a Brazilian woman was shocked to find a most unwelcome house
guest: a 5-foot (1.5-meter) alligator lying tamely in the living room as her 3-year-old son petted the reptile's head.
The animal apparently was washed inside by the high water Monday night, said Luiz Claudio.
Farias, a captain of firefighters in the north-central city of Paraupeabes.
Firefighters trapped the alligator and took it to a nearby environmental preserve.
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