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Cathy Breen 10 Years in Iraq Part 2 of 2 "Eyewitness 10 Years Later: What Iraqs are Saying"
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Cathy Breen 10 Years in Iraq Part 2 of 2 A Flying Focus Video Presentation: "Eyewitness 10 Years Later: What Iraqs are Saying" On March 19, exactly 10 years since the US invasion of Iraq, an ignoble anniversary was marked by a talk in Portland. Cathy Breen of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, who spent six weeks in Iraq in October and November 2012, spoke in the Eliot Chapel at First Unitarian Church. That talk is captured on the next two episodes of our weekly series, the Flying Focus Video Bus. Breen's solo visit to Iraq was her first in nine years and brought word of the conditions of the country after being invaded, occupied and wracked with violence. She presented photos and stories to bring the humanity of ordinary Iraqis to the audience. Stories and photos about the deteriorated infrastructure-- water, electricity, and hospitals-- are a stark reminder that 13 years of sanctions and 10 years of war left the country in ruins. (Note: Some of the photos were not included in the video at Ms. Breen's request.) Cathy Breen lives and works at one of the Catholic Worker houses of hospitality in NY City. Breen went to Iraq in Fall of 2002 with Voices in the Wilderness as part of the Ir…
Directors & creators
Joe Anybody | Flying Focus Video Collective | Dan Handelman
Subjects
Joe Anybody;Flying Focus Video;Cathy Breen;Eyewitness 10 Years Later: What Iraqs are Saying;FFV;Peace;Justice;Part 2;Portland;Eliot Chapel
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