A Glendale Peace Vigil Film Forum

 

You Are Invited to a Free Screening of

 

"A View from a Grain of Sand"

A Film About Afghanistan

 

Friday, November 14th

Doors Open at 7:00 PM

Glendale Library  

222 E. Harvard St., Glendale 91205

 

Event information: 818-242-4320 or 818-484-5635

~ Free ~ Donations Welcome ~ Light Refreshments

~ Information available from other community groups

~ Books, DVDs and more for sale

 

 

Everyone is invited to watch this film about Afghanistan, then stay for the community discussion

about why U.S. troops are still there, and how U.S. actions have changed the lives of the people there.

 

Women in urban Afghan areas could wear western clothes and had jobs such as doctors and school teachers 30 years ago. Now, they are virtually erased from the public face of their nation. Combining interviews and archival material, VIEW FROM A GRAIN OF SAND is a thought-provoking, intimate portrait of Afghan women’s history over the last 30 years. Told through the eyes of three Afghan women - a doctor, a teacher and a women’s rights activist - this documentary tells the story of how war, international interference and the rise of religious fundamentalism have stripped Afghan women of rights and freedom. Together with rarely seen archival footage, their powerful stories provide illuminating context for Afghanistan’s current situation and the ongoing battle women face to gain even basic human rights.

 

“…Nanji’s film is a history lesson too. She manages to cover 30 years of struggle for Afghan women, which has mostly, tragically, been a case of curbed-then-obliterated advances, beginning with grand notions of gender equality under King Mohammed Zahir Shah in the ’60s and ’70s and eventually slipping into open violence against women, enforced submission and the burka under Islamic fundamentalist regimes that grew after the U.S.-backed defeat of the Soviets in the 1980s.”

- Los Angeles Times review, Nov. 9, 2006

 

“…impressive…a remarkable treasure trove…”

- Variety

 

FILM RUNNING TIME: 83 minutes

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DIRECTIONS to

Glendale Central Library, 222 E. Harvard St., Glendale, CA 91205

~ corner of Harvard St. & Louise St.

~ 1 block northeast of Colorado St. & Brand Blvd.

 

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: MTA bus trip planning: 800-266-6883 or www.metro.net

Many bus lines stop at Broadway & Brand, which is about 2 blocks northwest of this library.

 

~~ FROM THE 134 FRWY: Exit & go south (south = away from the mountains) on GLENDALE AVE. almost 1 mile. Turn RIGHT ON HARVARD. (There’s a signal at Harvard. It’s the next signal after Broadway.) Go 4 blocks to Louise. (There’s a signal at Louise & Harvard.) After you cross Louise, the library is on your left and the parking structure is on your right.

 

~~ FROM THE 2 FRWY: Exit at COLORADO. Turn LEFT ON COLORADO. Go about a mile and a half. Turn RIGHT ON LOUISE. (Louise is the 1st signal after Glendale Ave.) The library is on your left. The parking structure requires a left turn on Harvard (the signal at the corner the library is on), then an immediate right turn into “The Marketplace” parking structure.

 

~~ FROM THE 5 FRWY: Exit & go east on COLORADO. After you pass the signal at Colorado & Brand, the next signal is Louise (with tennis courts). Turn LEFT ON LOUISE. The library is on your left.

 

~~ SURFACE STREETS FROM LOS FELIZ, HOLLYWOOD ETC: East on LOS FELIZ BLVD. Turn LEFT ON BRAND. Go about 1 mile. Turn RIGHT ON COLORADO. Turn LEFT at the first signal, which is LOUISE. The library is on your left.

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PARKING STRUCTURE: First 3 hours free with library validation in the structure at Maryland & Harvard (across the street from the library).

 

PARKING METERS: Glendale parking meters are currently FREE after 6 pm (for street spaces & in city lots, including the city parking lot on the south side of Colorado just east of Brand). CAUTION: In October 2008, the Glendale City Council approved increasing the hours for parking meters until 10 pm as soon as signs get posted for this, so read the signs where you park!

 

TOWING: Do =NOT= use the church’s lot at Colorado & Louise. It has signs warning about towing.

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The GLENDALE PEACE VIGIL gathers every Friday 5-7 p.m. at the corner of Broadway & Brand.

Everyone welcome!

Event and vigil information:

818-242-4320 or 818-484-5635

www.glendalepeacevigil.org

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From Nancy Kent / Glendale Peace Vigil

818-242-4320 / 818-749-8134 / nnbbkk@att.net

 

 

 

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