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'THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY' Worldwide Screening January 23rd 2009 |
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by filmmakers worldwide including
Constantin Costa-Gavras, Wim Wenders, Ken Loach, Fernando Meirelles |
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| THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION HERALDS A NEW ERA FOR INDEPENDENT FILM EXHIBITION On
23rd
January, the political documentary ‘THE NEW
AMERICAN CENTURY’ will be screened worldwide through a network
of
digital cinemas ranging from Italy to Brasil, from Spain to South
Africa. With wide international press coverage and the support of
prominent
filmmakers from all over the world, the idea behind this event is to
show that the existing digital network is already capable of
effectively delivering a complete product on a global basis.
The digital revolution is working at both ends of the chain, the clear beneficiary being the audience in the middle. On one end the exhibitor, faced with dramatically lower costs, can afford to choose from a much wider range of films than those offered by the mainstream circuit. On the other end, filmmakers can now embark in low-cost, hi-quality production with the full awareness that there is a valid, worldwide venue awaiting their product, enabling them to reach a proportionately satisfying audience. At the same time the astonishing rate of technical improvement by the Internet indicates that the full integration of the digital realm is only minutes away. When that happens, the array of possibilities -- ranging from downloadable updates for works-in-progress to live, server-to-theater digital feed -- will make the existing system so obsolete that it won't even be necessary to fight the restrictions the majors are now trying to impose on digital distribution in a desperate effort to survive such rapidly changing times. |
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While
Massimo Mazzucco’s first
political documentary, GLOBAL DECEIT (2006), focused on the long list
of inconsistencies in the official version of the 9/11
attacks, THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY explores the historical,
philosophical and economic background that suggests a matrix for such event much
closer to home than the so-called "Islamic terrorism". To put it in the words of former CIA
agent Robert Steele, "In the White House, they weren't
thinking of 9/11 as an attack, but as a gift!"
The
film provides solid evidence for the true reasons behind
the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, whose unfolding is described
in chilling detail in a document called "Project for the New American Century",
published in the year 2,000, that seems to have served as
the actual blueprint for such dramatic events.
 GO to the trailer View a streaming copy of the WHOLE FILM (English and Spanish versions available) |
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THE DIGITAL NETWORK CURRENTLY ACTIVE: 54
cinemas in the Italian Microcinema
network. 20 MovieMobz screens in 5 cities in Brasil, with potential
for over a 100. 6 screens in Bolivia, 3 in Argentina, 15 in Peru, 5
in Costa Rica, 12 in Cuba, 3 in Puerto Rico. A network of cinematheques
including Paris, Sao Paulo, La Paz and Athens. 7 screens in South Africa.
Screens in Romania, Poland, Greece, Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
PROJECTED: Screens in Dubai and Azerbaijan. A network of BFFS film societies and educational screens in UK universities, integrating some of the 250 screens funded by the Film Council. A network of digital screens in Germany, as well as the Cinema Net Europe networks with additional screens in Spain, France and The Netherlands.
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