Events

Our April movie will be the 1992 documentary _Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media_, directed by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick. Noam Chomsky is a world-famous activist/academic who has spoken and written extensively about human rights, propaganda, and imperialism. The film's name is borrowed from Chomsky's most important book about the corporate media, which he first published in 1988 with co-author Edward Herman. The documentary is partially biographical on Chomsky, with the filmmakers following him around the world. But the film is largely a visual adaptation of Chomsky and Herman's book, using their "Propaganda Model" to expose the double standard in U.S. media coverage of human-rights abuses around the world, and how this bias serves the interests of the American Empire.

While we strongly recommend the film, we must also acknowledge that it is nearly 3 hours long. While the visual editing is much more interesting than most documentaries of this kind, we know it may be too much for some of y'all to sit through. Please note that we will be starting at 6 PM (an hour earlier than our typical movie nights), and we will be taking a 10 minute intermission about halfway through the film. Discussion will follow the film.

We would also like y'all to know that we will be doing another event exploring Herman and Chomsky's "Propaganda Model" on Saturday, May 17th, from 1-3 PM. Stay tuned for more information about that!

As always, this event is free and open to the public. The Black Cat House welcomes all ages, and is a drug and alcohol-free venue. To help keep everyone safe and healthy, we ask that all guests wear face masks in our space. We are wheelchair accessible.