film screening of exiled documentaries

anyone of you remember the tv2 documentary on bakun dam that was taken off the air, and the producer, chou, was sacked? only 2 episodes of his documentary was shown on TV and he was sacked. well, now you have a chance to watch the movie brought to you by a few NGOs. here are the details:

Penang Chinese Town Hall Youth Section, SUARAM (Penang branch), Student Progressive Front (SPF) USM, Persatuan Bahasa Tionghua (PBT) USM, Penang Diocese Campus Ministry Office and Sembang-sembang Forum would like to invite you to attend the screening of documentary “Exiled” in Penang. We will organise two sessions of screening in Penang which will be in English and Chinese. Please refer to the detail as below:

*Film Screening of “Exiled” documentaries and sharing (Mandarin session)*

*Date :18.3.2011 (Friday)*
*Time :8.00 pm – 11.00pm*
*Venue :2nd floor, Penang Chinese Town Hall (PCTH) *
a) Bakun Trilogy: Episode 1 Flood (42mins)
b) Bakun Trilogy: Episode 2 Injustice (48mins)
c) Defend Our Homeland (60mins)

*Film Screening of “Exiled” documentaries and sharing (English session)*

*Date :19.3.2011 (Saturday)*
*Time : 2.00 pm – 5.00pm*
*Venue :Caring Society Complex, Jalan Utama, Penang*
a) Bakun Trilogy: Episode 1 Flood (42mins)
b) Bakun Trilogy: Episode 2 Injustice (48mins)
c) Defend Our Homeland (60mins)

Free admission. Through these films, we hope to engage people in Penang to have a better understanding on Sarawak issues and some other community issues. We also strongly recommend all Sarawakians in Penang, people who are facing community issues like land, telecommunication towers, urban and town planning etc to join us to for exchange of views.

We sincerely look forward to your enthusiastic participation. Thank you.

Please kindly contact Ong Jing Cheng 012-7583779 for further information.

(btw, the screenings had been held at other states before and will also be held at some other states.  please visit the people’s documentary blog for the programme.