Jo Wilding with Circus 2 Iraq (© 2005 Year Zero Films)

Director Julia Guest of Year Zero Films has created a powerful new documentary about Jo Wilding’s journey in Iraq.

Jo Wilding? Let’s start near the end.

“In the morning I make balloon dogs, giraffes and elephants for the little one, Abdullah, Aboudi, who’s clearly distressed by the noise of the aircraft and explosions. I blow bubbles which he follows with his eyes. Finally, finally, I score a smile.” [1]

A Letter to the Prime Minister: Jo Wilding’s Diary from Iraq, documents Wilding’s journey of witness: from the quiet brutality of the sanctions afflicting ordinary Iraqis to the siege of Fallujah, which she shared with Fallujans in April, 2004.

“Live at 9″ on channel 3 in Memphis, hosted Ceylon Mooney, Jacob Flowers, and Joel Gulledge, from the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center to discuss their 3-week visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Ceylon Mooney is a co-coordinator of Voices in the Wilderness and the Wheels of Justice Tour. They did a great job discussing the barrier and the disruption of normal life that the occupation of Palestine brings. They give the viewer a chance to hear their first-hand experience of being in Palestine for a three week trip.

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• Ceylon Mooney, Jacob Flowers, and Joel Gulledge, have also written a journal of their experience.

Denis Halliday, who led the UN’s Iraq Program until he resigned in 1998, stating that the US-led sanctions were “genocidal”, discusses the realities of the so-called Oil for Food Program “scandal”. This December 3, 2004 phone interview with Tom Jackson (producer of Greetings From Missile Street) from Joe Public Films aired December 4, 2004 on “Making Waves”, a news program produced for WSCA-LP, Portsmouth, NH community radio.

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Kathy Kelly discusses the US occupation of Iraq, and suggests things we can do to help bring it to an end. This December 3, 2004 phone interview with Tom Jackson (producer of Greetings From Missile Street) from Joe Public Films aired December 4, 2004 on “Making Waves”, a news program produced for WSCA-LP, Portsmouth, NH community radio.

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Kathy Kelly talked to Nora Barrows-Friedman of Flashpoints on Pacifica Radio on November 3rd. This is Kathy’s take on how we move forward toward a just and sustainable future.

Flashpoints

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