May 19: Sandy Cioffi on Sweet Crude (Seattle)

19 May 2008 - 7:00pm
Description:

Lives and Truth at Stake in the Niger Delta: A Sweet Crude Forum

The deeper story and larger issues behind the detention of the Sweet Crude film crew in Nigeria.

Monday, May 19th, 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 130, University of Washington

In 2007 worldwide: 86 journalists were killed, 887 arrested, 1511 attacked or threatened. If cameras are seized, if journalists are silenced, who will tell the truth about the critical stories of our time?

Face down this question and others with the Sweet Crude crew and a panel of international journalists, activists and human rights experts.

Tickets $10 / $5 students at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3513 or at the door.

Doors open 6:30 pm. More info at www.sweetcrudemovie.com.

Supported by Amnesty International Puget Sound; Committee to Protect
Journalists; Seattle Arts & Lectures; UW Law, Societies and Justice
Program; UW Program on the Environment.

Location:
Kane Hall, UW Seattle
The media's job is to interest the public in the public interest. -John Dewey