Not In God's Name

"I cannot get this movie out of my mind. Watching it made me realize how meaningless life can be if we do not live it passionately."

- Penelope Spheeris
(Director of Wayne's World)

Interview With Documentary Filmmaker
Paula Fouce
By Masha Savitz

Burma: A Global Roar - Please Sign NOW!

This is a wonderful and rare opportunity for Burma, and for ALL OF US....to finally be able to affect long-overdue liberation for the Burmese People!

Burma's generals have brought their brutal iron hand down on peaceful monks and protesters -- but in response, a massive global outcry is gathering pace. The roar of global public opinion is being heard in hundreds of protests outside Chinese and Burmese embassies, people round the world wearing the monks' color red, and on the internet-- where our petition has exploded to over 200,000 signers in just 72 hours.

People power can win this. Burma's powerful sponsor China can halt the crackdown, if it believes that its international reputation and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing depend on it. To convince the Chinese government and other key countries, Avaaz is launching a major global and Asian ad campaign on Wednesday, including full page ads in the Financial Times and other newspapers, that will deliver our message and the number of signers. We need 1 million voices to be the global roar that will get China's attention. If every one of us forwards this email to just 20 friends, we'll reach our target in the next 72 hours.

Please sign the petition at the link below:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/t.php

Watch for NOT IN GOD'S NAME, the book...
coming soon.

Congressional Gold Medal for the Dalai Lama
September 2006 (Washington DC)

Thanks to overwhelming support in Congress, the US House of Representatives on September 13 voted to award His Holiness the Dalai Lama the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor. The award in recognition of the Dalai Lama's advocacy of religious harmony, non-violence, and human rights throughout the world and for his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Tibet issue though dialogue with the Chinese leadership.

The bill enjoyed broad bipartisan support, with 387 cosponsors drawn from both political parties in the House and Senate, representing more than two-thirds of Congress.

For more information, click here.

My God Told Me to Kill Your God: Exhibition on War
October 23rd through November 21, 2007.

The Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, Dean
of Humanities and the Boniuk Center for the Study
and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice
University are partnering with The Station Museum
of Contemporary Art to produce an art exhibition
addressing war in the 21st century. The exhibition,
curated by Karin Broker, professor and chair of the
Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts and Brian
Huberman, associate chair and professor at Rice
University, will be held in the main exhibition gallery,
the Rice Media Center Location. The exhibition will
begin with a several opening events that will include
talks by exhibition artists, a panel symposium with
guest speaker Mel Chin and a film screening by a
recent graduate, Jonathan Polenz, of the film program
at Rice and one by guest filmmaker, Paula Fouce.

February 28 - March 4, 2007
SEDONA International Film Festival
Sedona, AZ
www.sedonafilmfestival.com

April 13 & 14, 2007
2nd Annual Buddhist Film Festival
Roxy Theatre Missoula, MT
www.ewam.org

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
at 9 pm - 10 pm PST
LIVE on the 'X' Zone Radio Show
with Rob McConnel
Radio Interview
with Filmmaker Paula Fouce
"Why Religious Fanaticism is Growing"
www.xzone-radio.com

Thursday, August 30, 2007
at 5 pm
Tartu Film Festival tARTuFF
Religious Tolerance Conference
and a Special Film Program
Athena Conference
and Culture Centre, TARTU
www.tartuff.ee/konverents/index_e.html

Monday, September 1, 2007
at Midnight MST
Radio 850 KOA
Denver, CO
Radio Interview
with Filmmaker Paula Fouce

Monday, September 10, 2007
from 8:30-9:00 am CST
WBIG Radio
Chicago, IL
Radio Interview
with Filmmaker Paula Fouce

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
at 1:00 pm EST
Gary Doyle Show
570 News
Radio Interview
with Filmmaker Paula Fouce

Friday, September 14, 2007
at 7:20 pm EST
Lesley Marshall Show
Buffalo, NY
Radio Interview
with Filmmaker Paula Fouce
www.lesliemarshall.us

Monday, September 17, 2007
at 5:30 pm MST
Mark Cope - KXYL Radio
Brownwood, TX
Wendylee Broadcasting
Radio Interview
with Filmmaker Paula Fouce

Friday, September 28, 2007
Bobby D
Pacific Empire Radio
Oregon
Radio Interview
with Filmmaker Paula Fouce

October 7, 2007
SAIFF
South Asian International Film Festival
World Premiere
www.saiff.org

October 11-14, 2007
LA Femme Film Festival
Fine Arts Theatre Venue 1&2
www.lafemme.org

October 16, 2007
at 6:00 pm PST
Joe Teehan- KGMI AM 790
Bellingham, WA
Radio Interview
with Filmmaker Paula Fouce

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
at 7:30 PM
The Boniuk Center
for Religious Tolerance -
Rice Media Center at Rice University
My God Told Me to Kill Your God:
Exhibition on War
The exhibition will begin with several
opening events that will include talks
by exhibition artists, a panel
symposium with guest speaker
Mel Chin, a film screening by a
recent graduate of the film program
at Rice, Jonathan Polenz, and one
by guest filmmaker, Paula Fouce.
6100 Main St, MS-549,
HOUSTON, TX 77005
Theatre Box Office: 713-348-7529
Cinema Info: 713-348-4853
arts.rice.edu

WHY IS RELIGIOUS FANATICISM GROWING?
On Friday, Nov. 30 at 7:30 PM Eastern time
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Massachusetts