Spotlight on Torture
1000 Congregations in 2 Weeks
Rory Kennedy’s HBO documentary
“Ghosts of Abu Ghraib,” an 80-minute HBO film,
features the familiar and disturbing photos of torture
at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Acclaimed filmmaker
Rory Kennedy digs beneath the headlines to
investigate the psychological and political context in
which torture occurred and to ask critical questions
about how it happened and how it affects America’s
credibility as a defender of freedom and human
rights.
“Ghosts of Abu Ghraib”
This film is for mature audiences only.
Friday, June 15 at 6:30 p.m.
sponsored by
Somesville Union Meeting House,
United Church of Christ
Peace With Justice Task Group
Main Street, Somesville
Join us as we participate in this nation-wide project
organized by the
National Religious Campaign Against Torture
(NRCAT)
1000 congregations will show the film during June 1017 and October 21-28 – 50 during one week in June
and 950 during one week in October. There are only
two churches in Maine where this film will be shown in
June – one in Somesville and one in Portland.
The film includes photographs from Abu Ghraib
prison. These images – many of them containing
male nudity – and some of the interviews are
extremely intense. We have agreed to participate
in the Spotlight on Torture project because we
share NRCAT’s belief that “Ghosts of Abu
Ghraib” will help people of faith deepen our
understanding of the nature of U.S.-sponsored
torture and also strengthen our resolve to end it.
For more information, please email the Peace With
Justice Task Group at justpeace@sumhucc.org, or
call the church office at 244- 9260.
For mo re informa tion abou t the nationa l project:
Visit the NRCAT website –
www.tortureisamoralissue.org