LET THEM STAY and OCCUPATION: DREAMLAND

LET THEM STAY: VOICES OF US WAR RESISTERS IN CANADA (7:30 PM in Room H-110)

"Let Them Stay" features exclusive one-on-one interviews with U.S. war resisters in Canada, documenting their life-changing experiences in Iraq and the hidden realities of U.S. military recruitment and warfare. It also documents the War Resisters Support Campaign, a pan-Canadian coalition of labour, faith and peace groups, Vietnam war resisters, and individuals who are working with these war resisters to put pressure on the current federal government to let them stay.

Canada / 28 minutes / 2005

Narrated by Shirley Douglas
Produced and Directed by Alex Lisman
Produced with financial support from Labour Temple and Peacefund Canada.

Canadian War Resisters Site

OCCUPATION: DREAMLAND (9 PM in Room H-110)

Occupation: Dreamland is an unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraq city of Falluja during the winter of 2004. A collective study of the soldiers unfolds as they patrol an environment of low-intensity conflict creeping steadily towards catastrophe. Through the squads activities Occupation: Dreamland provides a vital glimpse into the last days of Falluja. The film documents the citys waning stability before a final series of military assaults began in the spring of 2004 that effectively destroyed it.

Filmmakers Garrett Scott and Ian Olds were given access to all operations of the Armys 82nd Airborne. They lived with the unit 24/7, giving voice to soldiers held under a strict code of authority as they cope with an ambiguous, often lethal environment. The result is a revealing, sometimes surprising look at Army life, operations and the complexity of American war in the 21st century.

USA / 88 minutes / 2005

Produced and Directed by Garrett Scott
Edited and Directed by Ian Olds
Produced by Selina Lewis and Nancy Roth
Distributed by Working Films

Official Site - Occupation Dreamland