Films - U.S. Policy and the Peoples of the Middle East: What’s In It for Us?

What is the relationship between the violence “there” and the violence “here?” How are the conditions of people “there” connected to what happens to them “here?” TONIGHT: Good Kurds, Bad Kurds (McKiernan, USA, 2001, 80 min.) Despite decades of struggle, the Kurds remain the largest ethnic group in the Middle East without a recognized homeland. Bad Guys or Good Guys? Depends on whether they are resisting US "friends" (Turkey, the Shah of Iran) or "enemies" (notably Saddam Hussein, who some may remember used to be a "friend"). For complete schedule, see http://www.ucsf.edu/global/pages/film_festival.html