911 presents: IRISH REELS 2004 March 4-7, 13-14 Irish Reels 2004, the 7th annual Irish Film Festival will offer a rich selection of media at several venues around Seattle during the Irish Week Celebrations. This year's festival will have a special tribute to honor Dublin-born writer & director, Mr. Neil Jordan, with screenings of his seminal early films (Company of Wolves, The Crying Game, Mona Lisa) plus the US Premiere of his latest project, Intermission starring bad boy du jour, Colin Farrell. See www.irishreels.org for more info. Full Program Schedule

 

	OPEN SCREENING Monday, March 8 8pm $1 (Thasall) What are you waiting for? Bring down your VHS or DVD media (less than 10 min please) and get your work out there!

 

	911 and the BC Compassion Club Society present: DRUG WAR FILM FESTIVAL Friday, March 12 8pm $6 / $4 (911 members) There's been some incredible progress up in Canada lately. It's almost like our friends in the Great White North are practicing sociopolitical jujitsu - snowy ying to our repressive yang. Canada's drug policy has evolved to focus on harm reduction instead of incarceration. Moreover, marijuana use is practically legal (it's tolerated) up there. But look beyond the cheech and chong jokes please, a sane approach to pot means fewer prisoners, medicine for the ill... and, well, much better pot. Tonight's festival was organized with help from the BC Compassion Club Society, a non-profit healthcare provider distributing cannabis and other holistic medicines. Crimes of Compassion Jennifer Pickford's documentary about the BC and Vancouver Island Compassion Club Societies is an inside look at the trials and tribulations of medical marijuana usage in a sometimes hostile legal environment. Final Days When the LA Compassion club was raided and closed by a veritable army of state and federal authorities the camera was rolling the whole time. See this very dramatic and traumatic episode and learn how the damage is done.

 

	911 and Elias John Swan present: HOGAN'S [fuck you] HEROES A screening / performance event Friday, March 19 8pm $5 / $3 (911 Members) Colonel Robert Hogan (Bob Crane), commanding officer of the POWs; his German counterpart of an overly delicate heart, Colonel Wilhelm Klink (Werner Klemperer, son of the famous conductor); the bribe-easy Sergeant of the Guard Hans "I see nussink!" Schultz (John Banner); and Hogan's international mix and match possee of hold on til' the bitter end poetry hating thugs: Sergeant Ivan Kinchloe (Ivan Dixon), American radio expert; Corporal Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary), a French cook and tailor; Sergeant Andrew Carter (Larry Hovis), slightly retarded munitions expert; and Corporal Peter Newkirk (Richard Dawson), a British pickpocket and vaudeville performer HAVE TEAMED UP TO BRING YOU DOWN! The tunnel entrance under the cot; the coffee-pot tap into Klink's office; the hidden periscopes and prisoner-friendly dogs; an operation that places them in danger! Will they return in time for roll call and the manditory & potentially devastating conference with Klink? Artist and filmmaker Elias-John Swann has assembled a crack team of perverts, musicians, and film theorists who will guide you through the tremendously complex buried meanings of this dead giant of a television series whose time to rise again is perilously close at hand!

 

	911's Young Producers Project presents: THE GREEN LENSE EXPERIENCE Friday, March 26 8pm $5 / $3 (members) Ever seen a movie produced entirely by a crew in their teens? We have assembled an intriguing collection of short videos created entirely by members of the next generation - The Green Lens Experience. Our playground stretches around the world, and we haven't forgotten about tapping into the talent in our own neighborhood. Come and join us for the party! Refreshments will be provided.