[In Update]: Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space :New space issues film opens in Montreal and Amsterdam

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Update: Bruce Gagnon blog(globalnet(at)mindspring.com) on April 19, 2010

Video Trailer: Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space

This new space issues film, now making its way around the world at major film festivals, features several of our key Global Network leaders.

Created by French-Canadian filmmaker Denis Delestrac, Pax Americana is now seeking a U.S. distribution deal.

Please help spread word about it.

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Update: Bruce Gagnon blog(globalnet@mindspring.com) on Jan. 13, 2010

"In the good news department we just learned that the new space film Pax Americana: The Weaponization of Space has won the award for the Best Documentary at the Whistler Film Festival in British Columbia, Canada. I have seen a sneak preview of the film and it is a stunner. I am proud to say that it features Global Network members Karl Grossman, Loring Wirbel and myself. Not sure when it will be released in the US but people are going to want to show this film in their local community. It is going to be a huge help internationally for our side on this issue. It will also be aired on public TV throughout Europe."

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Update: from Bruce Gagnon(globalnet@mindspring.com) thru GN on Dec. 17, 2009

"Bruce

We have some broadcast information:

Belgium:

RTBF ( French public network) broadcast date January 27th

VRT ( Flemish public network) tba, but likely in February ( I am checking) --> Decided on Jan 10 (update on Dec. 18, 2009)

ARTE/ France and Germany: March 2nd

Finland YLE ( national public broadcaster) tba ( I am checking)

Sweden SVT ( national public broadcaster) tba ( I am checking)

Israel/ YES cable: tba ( I am checking)

If you wish, you can start emailing in Belgium, France and Germany:
the locals there will know the broadcasters when you mention them

Best regards
Jan
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Another year has flown by..but we have done well and are happy that
we were again able to bring wonderful, important docs into the world.
Wishing you a wonderful, restful and peaceful holiday season and the
very best wishes for 2010!
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Update: from Bruce Gagnon(globalnet@mindspring.com) thru NoUS bases on Dec. 15, 2009

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Video Fwd: NEW SPACE WAR FILM JUST OUT

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'Folks,

Two weeks ago the new film called Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space opened at film festivals in Montreal and Amsterdam.

The film, created by French-Canadian Denis Delestrac, is a two-hour masterpiece that includes interviews with many space warfare advocates as well as many of us in the keep space for peace movement.

I don't know when and where the film will open in the US, or be available for purchase, but will pass the word once we find out.

In the meantime you can get a glimpse of the film from this trailer. It is going to be a huge help to our efforts to bring this issue to the people of the world.

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 443-9502
globalnet@mindspring.com
http://www.space4peace.org/
http://space4peace.blogspot.com/ (blog)'

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Update: from Bruce Gagnon(globalnet@mindspring.com) thru NoUS bases on Nov. 19, 2009

Forwarded message:

De: DENIS DELESTRAC denis@intrepidofilms.com>

Fecha: 17 de noviembre de 2009 17:34:11 GMT+01:00

Para: wilbert@tni.org

Cc: globalnet@mindspring.com>

Asunto: Weaponization of space documentary

Dear Wilbert,

my name is Denis Delestrac and I am the director of "PAX AMERICANA and the Weaponization of Space", a feature length documentary that will have its world premiere this week end in Amsterdam.


My friend Bruce Gagnon gave me your adress when I asked who I could contact there to rally the largest peace and disarmament audience around this film that builds awareness on the sensitive question of the military uses of space.


Bruce is one of the main interviewees in this film he and the GN have been supporting since I started to work on this more than three years ago. Noam Chomsky, Helen Caldicott, Martin Sheen, Loring Wirbel and other activists are featured in the film, as well as space hawks from the Air Force Space Command, members of the US government, conservative think tanks, etc.


I would be very grateful if you could pass the word on to your network and help me trigger with this film the urgent international debate it deserves.


I also would be happy to invite you to the screening, so please find my contact information below as well as a synopsis of PAX AMERICANA and its screenings times this week end at the Munt cinemas.


Cordially, Denis Delestrac

NOVEMBER 21, 22, 29 --> INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF
AMSTERDAM




OFFICIAL SELECTION IN THE PANORAMA SECTION

Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space

Denis Delestrac, Canada, France, 2009, color, HD, 85 min
Synopsis
When Hitler had the first V2 missile launched in 1944, the weapon race in space officially began. The most important player has always been the United States, and in the years after World War II, the U.S. lost no time in hiring missile expert (and Nazi) Wernher Von Braun to investigate the possibilities of using space as "a new arena for war." More than half a century later, the prospects of a space war are greater than ever. By shutting down a few satellites, the infrastructure of an entire country or continent can be paralyzed. Just how scared should we be? Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space seeks to answer this question. Does the U.S. really want to maintain world peace, or is it more interested in dominating the world? How realistic is the U.S. Department of Defense's contention that China is preparing for an "electronic Pearl Harbor"? We meet important supporters of putting weapons in space, some of whom work for organizations like the U.S. Air Force Space Command, but also fierce opponents like Noam Chomsky and the spokesmen for action committees like the Global Network against Weapons in Space.

Screenings

Munt 11	Sat 21-11	12:15		tickets
Munt 13	Sun 22-11	10:15		tickets
Tuschinski 6	Sun 29-11	14:00		tickets

Denis Delestrac
Hotel NH City Center Nov 20 through 24
Cell: +34 639 531 238
denis@intrepidofilms.com








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Text Fwd: from Bruce Gagnon (globalnet@mindspring.com) on Nov. 10, 2009

'A note to let you know that new space issues film Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space will be screened at festivals in Montreal and Amsterdam at the dates below. No word yet when it opens in the US.'

NOVEMBER 21, 22, 29: INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF
AMSTERDAM (click here)

NOVEMBER 12, 13, 14: RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES DU DOCUMENTAIRE DE
MONTREAL (click here)

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 443-9502
http://www.space4peace.org/
globalnet@mindspring.com
http://space4peace.blogspot.com/(Blog)