Delta Force, a Documentary by Glen Ellis about Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Struggle for the Ogoni People
Apr 25th, 2009
by John Donovan.
Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Case Aganist Shell: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
April 15, 6pm San Francisco
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Dear Friends,
We are pleased to announce that an Ogoni activist will be joining the panel!
Delta Force, a Documentary by Glen Ellis about Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Struggle for the Ogoni People
Followed by a Panel Discussion about the upcoming case against Shell in New York on May 26
6pm – Wine and Beer Reception
7pm – Film Screening
8pm – Panel Discussion
Artist Television Access
992 Valencia Street (at 21st) – Map
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415)824-3890
[email protected]
This is a benefit screening for JINN
$10-$30 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Panelists include:
Cindy Cohn – Counsel to the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed against Chevron by Nigerian villagers for human rights abuses committed in 1998 and heard in US court last fall in San Francisco. The Chevron case is now entering the appeals process. Cohn is the Legal Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation as well as its General Counsel.
Beresuanu Kingston – Ogoni activist now living in the San Francisco Bay Area who has first hand experience with Shell’s abuses in Ogoniland.
On November 10, 1995, Nigerian environmental activist and internationally acclaimed non-violent resistance leader Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 of his Ogoni colleagues were executed by Nigerias brutal military dictatorship. This one hour documentary, tells the story of the rise of Saro-Wiwa and the Movement for Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and its violent suppression by the Nigerian military with the complicity of Shell Oil.
On May 26, 2009 relatives of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other MOSOP members will bring Shell to trial in New York for the companys complicity in the death of Ogoni leaders and the destruction of Ogoni villages at the hand of the Nigerian military.
Join us at this benefit for Justice in Nigeria Now (JINN) to support JINN while socializing and learning about the Ogoni and the upcoming trial.
This event is co-sponsored by Global Exchange and the CounterCorp Film Festival (this year’s festival is May 28-30, 2009) |
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