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Seniors use films to promote peace

February 20, 2004

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – A recent Peace Film Festival here screened nine movies over four days in a retirement community of 10,000 residents. The setting was the new Peacock Theater at Rossmoor. The Rossmoor chapter of...

Human suffering a plea for change

February 20, 2004

Paul Farmer, a Harvard Medical School teacher, infectious disease expert, and anthropologist, has written his fourth book, “Pathologies of Power.” With grace and feeling, he communicates an obvious commitment to the notion that health care is...

U.S. denies visas to Grammy winners

February 13, 2004

Ibrahim Ferrer, with the CD “Buenos Hermanos,” and Manuel Galbán and Ry Cooder, with “Mambo Sinuendo,” have both won 2004 Grammys in the Traditional Tropical Music and Instrumental Pop categories, respectively. However, neither Ferrer or Galbán...

U.S. artists defend British whistleblower

February 13, 2004

An array of high-profile Americans – including Rev. Jesse Jackson, feminist Gloria Steinem, Daniel Ellsberg, and artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Danny Glover and Martin Sheen – released a joint statement Jan. 29 in support of...

Academy celebrates Carmen Jones at 50

February 13, 2004

NEW YORK – The 1954 Academy Award-nominated musical “Carmen Jones” will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a screening here on March 1. Presented as the next entry in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’...