D/FW - 'Persons of Interest' - Sat. Oct. 16th.

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ACLU of Dallas present
Persons of Interest
with a question and answer session with the film's producer, Daniel Massey.

Ashcroft calls them terrorists. They call themselves Americans.

Following the September 11th terrorist attacks Muslim Americans were
subjected to arbitary arrests, interrogation, secret detention, and
solitary confinement by the U.S. Justice Department. Through interviews,
family photographs, and letters from prison directors Alison Mclean
("Jesus' Son") and Tobias Perse have fashioned a compelling and poignant
film, allowing the victims to tell their own stories.

This film is an official Sundance Film Festival Seletion.

Date: Saturday Oct. 16,2004
Time: 3pm
Location: Fun Asia 1210 E. Beltline Rd. Richardson, TX (SW corner of
Beltline and Plano Rd.)
Admission: FREE but seating is based on a first come, first serve basis.

For more information about the film
http://www.personsofinterest.org

For directions to Fun Asia
visit http://www.funasia.net or call 972.889.8000

From 75 Central: Take the Beltline exit, go East 1.93 miles, FunAsiA is on
your Right, just before Plano Rd.

From 635 LBJ: Take Plano Rd. Exit, Go north to Beltline Rd. Make a left.
FunAsiA is on your left.

Dart Bus Route No.
400 & 571 From:
ARAPAHO CENTER STATION & DOWNTOWN GARLAND STATION


FILM SYNOPSIS
After the Sept.11 terrorist attacks, more than 5,000 people, mainly
non-U.S. nationals of South Asian or Middle Eastern origin, were taken
into custody by the U.S. Justice Department and held indefinitely on
grounds of national security. Muslim immigrants were subject to arbitrary
arrest, secret detention, solitary confinement, and deportation. Many were
denied access to legal representation and communication with their
families.

During a period when the U.S. government has made every effort to
depersonalize these detentions, refusing to reveal the names or even the
number of immigrants detained, the voices of those affected - their
testimonials and experiences - become our only window into the human costs
of post September 11th immigration policies.

Following an unconventional format, Persons of Interest presents a series
of encounters between former detainees and directors Alison Maclean
("Jesus' Son") and Tobias Perse in an empty room which serves both
visually and symbolically as an interrogation room, home, and prison cell.
Through interviews, family photographs, and letters from prison, the
directors have fashioned a compelling and poignant film, allowing those
affected a chance to tell their own stories.