Young filmmakers decry the trillion-dollar cost of two dumb wars
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Derrick Crowe
02/10/2011
Although neither I nor Brave New Foundation were involved in this project, I have to say how proud I am of these young people. While many of their peers were playing video games like "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and rehearsing the act of war, these kids took on the reality of war and its true costs, and helped us all imagine a world where we didn't trade in their futures for brutal, futile misadventures in other people's countries. It's a kind of commitment and imagination that all of us, young people and slightly less-young people alike, could learn from, especially those making policy in Washington, D.C.
Briseida Montiel and the Amplify Media filmmakers will be screening their films for decision-makers in D.C. on February 16, just a few days after the one-year anniversary of the start of President Obama's escalated military campaign in Afghanistan. It's a perfect time to take a step back and imagine the country we might have been, and the country we could still be if we start making better decisions about how we spend our resources.
Right now, AFSC and NPP are working to build attendance for the screening of the contest winners' videos. Make sure your Member of Congress gets on the R.S.V.P. list. Call 202-224-3121 and ask to speak to your congressperson. Tell them to watch for the Dear Colleague letter from Representative Barbara Lee, and urge them to attend the screening the "If I Had a Trillion Dollars" contest winners' videos on February 16, 2011, from 4-5 p.m. in room 2255 in the Rayburn House Office Building.
