911 presents a fundraiser for the 5th Annual Seattle Art Car Blowout featuring: DEATHRACE 2000 Friday, May 2nd 8pm $7 / $5 (911 members) The last time the Seattle Art Car collective came down to 911 we had so much fun that we just had to have them back! Tonight's party will be a fundraiser for the 5th annual Seattle Art Car Blowout at the Fremont Fair in June. Were planning on showing a mish-mash of art car video footage culminating in an exciting screening of Roger Corman's Death Race 2000. This classic cheapo satire portrays a futuristic death race in which drivers score points for hitting pedestrians. The film is deliriously zany and features campy Hollywood visions of art cars.

 

	911 presents: OPEN SCREENING Hosted by Greg D'Elia Monday, May 12 8pm $1 (Cheap!) Bring down your videos on VHS. Less than 10 minutes please, VHS only.

 

	911 presents: CROP CIRCLES: QUEST FOR TRUTH Friday, May 9th 8pm $5 / $3 (911 members) Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker William Gazecki offers a compelling and provocative look at the mysterious phenomenon of Crop Circles. Full of never-before-seen footage and interviews with leading Crop Circle researchers and scientists, Crop Circles: Quest For Truth is a fascinating, in-depth exploration of prevailing theories about the origin and nature of Crop Circles and the possible implications for us and Planet Earth. An astonishing experience guaranteed to shift perspectives and alter perceptions of what is real.

 

	911 presents: SEX, SALMON, SECRECY Friday, May 16th 8pm $5 / $3 (911 members) Sex, Salmon, Secrecy tells of government secrecy, gender-switching salmon, and an independent scientist's quest to uncover the truth about the Hanford nuclear facility in Washington State. This dramatic documentary follows an exploding controversy of sex, salmon, and secrecy - keeping pace over two years with the opposing sides. While creating Sex, Salmon, Secrecy, Moon Callison enlisted the help of an extensive advisory board including independent scientists and the Department of Energy (owner and operator of the Hanford nuclear weapons site). After an independent scientist working with Mrs Callison announced the discovery of radioactive waste in Salmon spawning beds of the Hanford Reach, the Department of Energy was "no longer inclined to participate" in the documentary. Other government agencies then blacklisted the project. Moon Callison began production of Sex, Salmon, Secrecy in January 2001, with fiscal sponsorship from 911 Media Arts Center.

 

	911 presents: BIG MOUTH SCREENING SERIES Friday, May 23rd 7pm and 9pm Friday, May 30th 7pm and 8:30pm Friday, June 6th 7:30pm Each show is $5 / $3 (members) 911 is pleased to welcome an exciting screening series featuring five documentaries from progressive media makers, Big Mouth Productions. This New York based company is committed to crafting works that address issues of social and economic justice. Friday, May 23rd 7pm Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption in America Outside Looking In features three American families brought together ­ and at times pushed apart ­ by transracial adoption. Filmmaker and transracial adoptee Phil Bertelsen examines the bonds and strains that family members experience when white couples decide to adopt and parent black children. Friday, May 23rd 9pm Innocent Until Proven Guilty This one hour documentary takes a critical look at the criminal justice system through he eyes of a young black public defender in Washington, DC. At a time when the number of African American men under criminal justice supervision has risen to an astounding one in three in the United States, the film questions why we have a generation of men behind bars. Friday, May 30th 7pm Nuyorican Dream Nuyorican Dream follows five years in the life of a New York Puerto Rican family struggling against poverty, drug addiction, and incarceration - the flip side of the American Dream. Friday, May 30th 8:30pm Brother Born Again Julia Pimsleur made up elaborate lies about her brother Marc, rather than explain that he had dropped out of college, turned his back on his Jewish heritage and moved to a Christian commune in Alaska. When Marc became a fundamentalist Christian, a deep rift formed between him and his liberal Jewish family, especially with his bisexual sister, Julia. Brother Born Again, traces Julia's efforts to understand her brother's conversion and attempt to salvage their relationship. Friday, June 6th 7:30pm Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today Journey to the West examines the roots of traditional Chinese medicine, its incarnation in modern-day China, and its adaptation in the United States. Rare footage of traditional medical practices in the People's Republic of China is intercut with interviews of some of the leading Chinese medical practitioners here in the United States.