Friday, June 12, 7:00 pm at the Trumansburg Fire Hall:
Torturing Democracy
2008 independent documentary
run-time: 90 minutes
In a riveting and dramatic narrative, Torturing Democracy tells the inside story of how the U.S. government adopted torture as official policy in the aftermath of 9/11. With exclusive interviews, explosive documents and rare archival footage, award-winning filmmaker Serry Jones has crafted the definitive account of a deeply troubling chapter in recent American history.
Winner of the 2009 Journalism Award for domestic television from the RFK Center for Human Justice, Torturing Democracy carefully presents the evidence that leads straight to the top of the chain of command -- and so lays to rest the "rotten apple" defense for abusive interrogations at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and elsewhere. For more info, including the contents of all the key documents mentioned in the film, visit www.torturingdemocracy.org
If we want to know what torture is, and what it does to human beings, we have to look at it squarely, without flinching. That's just what a powerful and important film, seen by far too few Americans, does. 'Torturing Democracy' was written and produced by one of America's outstanding documentary reporters, Sherry Jones.
- Bill Moyers (from Everyone Should See Torturing Democracy)