[Ngo-lwg] Fwd: Invitation to special evening and film screening at Hanoi Cinematheque

Chuck Searcy chuckusvn at gmail.com
Tue Apr 14 16:26:42 BST 2015


Veterans For Peace

*Chapter 160 in Vietnam *


Is pleased to invite

Vietnamese and international friends

to join us for the Vietnam premiere of



*You're the Enemy - Welcome Back!*



a documentary film by



*PANKAJA BROOKE*



and to meet members of the



*Veterans Peace Tour of Vietnam 2015*



for a special evening at the



*Hanoi Cinematheque *


 -


*Date:*                   Saturday, April 18, 2015



*Time:*                   6:00pm              Snacks, cash bar, conversation

                              7:30pm              Documentary screening

                              8:30pm              Introduction of
delegation members, open discussion

                                     9:30pm              Wrap-up,
announcement of evening's donations



*Venue:*                Café Ciné, Hanoi Cinematheque

                              22A Hai Ba Trung          |       Tel 04 3936
2648




*Donation*

The 2015 VFP delegation - 15 veterans, non-vets, anti-war activists, some
first-time visitors to Vietnam - will contribute about $18,000 to programs
and projects that help disabled and poor families suffering from the
legacies of war:  cluster munitions, landmines and other unexploded
ordnance, and Agent Orange.  We're asking friends to join us with your own
donations, in any amount you choose, to increase the total amount raised
and enable us to help more families.



*Film notes by Pankaja Brooke*

This film tells the story of how some brave American veterans of the war in
Vietnam have found resolution and healing by coming back to the place their
country devastated, to help heal the legacy of the war. The amazing
forgiveness and optimism of the Vietnamese people as they welcome these
former enemies with open arms is the most potent form of therapy for the
Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and the guilt which made the lives of many
U.S. veterans so painful when they returned home.



*Note:  *Several American veterans who have lived and worked in Vietnam for
many years are featured in the documentary.  Some of them will be present
to participate in the Q&A discussion following the screening of this
45-minute film.  (Filmmaker Pankaja Brooke is not able to join us this
time.)



*Pankaja (Panky) Brooke spent a year studying at the very first London Film
School and wrote four published novels before taking sannyas in the early
seventies. She has been part of Osho's communes, mainly in Pune, until Osho
left his body. After several years travelling around various parts of the
world she settled back in London. Now that it is possible to shoot and edit
an entire film by oneself she has resumed that longed for career. Her films
have been shown at film festivals round the world, a couple receiving a
Special Mention.  Website:*  *pankajabrooke.com
<http://www.pankajabrooke.com/>.*


 *VFP Chapter 160 Statement of Purpose*


We, members of Chapter 160, have dutifully served our nation in Vietnam, or
have otherwise been connected in personal ways to the war in Vietnam that
lasted more than a decade, a war which caused untold death, destruction,
and suffering to a generation of Americans and Vietnamese - and whose
consequences continue even today.  We do hereby affirm our commitment to
learn and teach the lessons of Vietnam and apply those lessons to prevent
other needless wars, thereby serving the cause of world peace; and to seek
justice for the victims, by accepting responsibility for the war in Vietnam
and its consequences, by working to restore health and safety impaired or
threatened by the legacies of the war, and to nurture lives of dignity and
hope for the people of Vietnam and America who survived the war and for
future generations.


*For further information contact:*



Chuck Searcy, Vice President, VFP Chapter 160

M     0903420769   |   E    chuckusvn at gmail.com <chucksearcy at yahoo.com>



Chuck Palazzo, Secretary-Treasurer, VFP Chapter 160

M     0907446410   |   E    chuck_pal at yahoo.com
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