September 21, 2007
Friday, 7:00 PM

Peace Center
1029-3rd Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Free and Open to the Public
Discussion to follow the film.

War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year
pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United
States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and
activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official
distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning
detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war
messages of successive presidential administrations.

War Made Easy gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and
the war in Iraq. Guided by media critic Norman Solomons meticulous research
and tough-minded analysis, the film presents disturbing examples of propaganda
and media complicity from the present alongside rare footage of political
leaders and leading journalists from the past, including Lyndon Johnson,
Richard Nixon, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Senator Wayne
Morse, and news correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer.


Norman Solomons work has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as brutally
persuasive and essential for those who would like greater context with their

bitter morning coffee. This film now offers a chance to see that context on
the screen.

Approx. 72 minutes

Directed & Written by: Loretta Alper & Jeremy Earp
Produced by: Loretta Alper
Co-produced & Edited by: Andrew Killoy
Executive Producers: Jeremy Earp & Sut Jhally
Associate Producer: Jason Young
Sound: Peter Acker, Armadillo Media Group
Motion Graphics: Andrew Killoy & Sweet & Fizzy
Additional Music: John Van Eps & Leigh Philips
Narrated by: Sean Penn
Based on the book by Norman Solomon

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