rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (06/26/91)
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** Topic: IRAN COVERUP ACTION ALERT **
** Written 9:56 am Jun 22, 1991 by peacenet in cdp:pn.alerts **
From: <peacenet>
Subject: IRAN COVERUP ACTION ALERT
From empower Fri Jun 21 15:35:07 1991
YOU CAN HELP GET
COVERUP; BEHIND THE IRAN CONTRA AFFAIR
BROADCAST ON YOUR LOCAL TV
For two years, THE EMPOWERMENT PROJECT has struggled to
get its 1988 film COVERUP; BEHIND THE IRAN CONTRA AFFAIR on U.S.
television. National public television refused to broadcast the
film without substantial censorship changes, INCLUDING A COMPLETE
GUTTING OF THE "OCTOBER SURPRISE" hostage deal section.
COVERUP was the first film to reveal this scandal, and is
the only film which presents a comprehensive overview of the most
important stories suppressed during the Iran Contra hearings. It
is the only film that puts the entire Iran Contra affair into a
meaningful political and historical context.
In late 1990, the Central Educational Network (CEN), a
regional PBS distributor, agreed to offer COVERUP to all local PBS
affiliates during 1991. As a result, stations in the following
state networks and cities have aired, or plan to air the program:
The state of Connecticut (aired); The state of Nebraska (bought
but not yet aired); Denver (aired 3 times); El Paso (aired); Fort
Wayne (aired); Flint (aired); Indianapolis (aired); Kansas City
(bought but not yet aired); Memphis (bought but not yet aired);
Minneapolis/St. Paul (aired); Plainview NY (bought but not yet
aired); Plattsburgh NY (bought but not yet aired); San Bernardino
CA (aired); San Francisco (aired); Topeka (aired); The U.S. Virgin
Islands (bought but not yet aired).
EP has begun a national organizing and advertising
campaign aimed at encouraging additional local public television
stations to broadcast COVERUP, and failing that, to cablecast
COVERUP on local cable stations.
Please immediately contact your local P.B.S. television station.
Ask them to broadcast coverup. If they have already aired it, ask
them to rebroadcast.
If they are not listed above, and refuse to buy it, contact Jane
at the Empowerment Project, who can tell you whether a local
cablecast is possible in your area.
If cost is a factor, EP can work with stations in
identifying an appropriate underwriter for them. Also, EP will
provide press packets to stations and can help organize publicity
to advertise air dates. Once COVERUP is scheduled for broadcast,
please help publicize and organize around the broadcast. Tell
your friends, and be sure to watch. And please, let EP know of
your results.
TO ORDER a special discount copy of COVERUP, please send a check
to the Empowerment Project, 1653 18th. St., Suite #3, Santa
Monica, CA 90404 or call (213) 828-8807. For a VHS copy, send
$29.95 (plus $4.50 shipping and handling). Or, send $85 for a 3/4
inch copy, so you can make COVERUP available to your local cable
station for broadcast. (Not available for cablecast if Coverup
has already aired on your PBS station.)
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Also, EP has a copy of a wonderful half-hour public access program
called "Peacemakers," taped recently, on Coverup and the October
Surprise with Coverup's director and co-producer Barbara Trent.
The show has excellent information, including on-screen phone
numbers for action. To get a 3/4" broadcast quality tape of this
show, which you can then take to your local cable station, contact
the Empowerment Project at 213/828-8807.
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Finally, there is little hope that Congress will do anything about
the October Surprise without a public outcry for action. Please
remember to call 202/224-3121 for your Congressperson and
Senator, as well as Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, and
House Speaker Tom Foley, and demand a congressional investigation
of the October Surprise.
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