The War Report: Reportage From the Front Lines
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Police chiefs and their wives, in Waikiki circa 1968, discuss Black Panthers, the Chicago Democratic Convention, and the latest weaponry in Richard Leacock’s rarely screened short “Chiefs” (18 min.). Library of Congress footage of bombing runs over Southeast Asia horrify in Travis Wilkerson’s “Out National Archives” (another Wilkerson film won the Audience Award at this year’s Cinematexas). And Austin-based Icon Media (www.iconmedia.org) presents this year’s April march on Washington for peace in “United We Stand Against War” (50 min.). Special pre-show: Amy Goodman’s “Democracy Now” (www.democracynow.org) interview with London Guardian columnist Greg Palast on the Bush family connections to Middle East oil money. Special Q&A session between the screenings led by Green Party candidates for Texas offices, including Lesley Ramsey, running for State Board Of Education Seat 10.

This article appears in October 18 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.