Meeting: Pakistan/ Cuban Film "Montaña de Luz"

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Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:00:20 -0500 (CDT)
	
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· ANSWER Meeting: Pakistan/Oct. 27 Organizing · Film about Cuban 
doctors: “Montaña de Luz”

For more info on the following, call 415-821-6545 or email 
answer@answersf.org.

Tues. July 31, 7pm ANSWER Activist Meeting 2489 Mission St. #30, 
San Francisco near 24th St. BART, #14, #49 MUNI

Join us for a report and discussion: In Pakistan, the military 
dictatorship of Gen. Pervez Musharraf has been a reliable ally of 
the Bush administration in its so-called war on terror. Now, 
following the Pakistan military's brutal July 10 attack on the 
La'l Mosque in Islamabad, Musharraf is confronted by increasing 
resistance to his unpopular dictatorship. Hear an overview of the 
history and an analysis of the current situation in Pakistan.

Get involved in organizing for the Oct. 27 Mass March to "End the 
War Now!" in San Francisco. Volunteer Now!

SAVE THE DATE: Thurs. Aug. 9, 7:30pm ATA, 992 Valencia St. at 
21st $6 donation

A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Film Series Montaña de Luz (Mountain of 
Light)

The Cuban documentary “Montaña de Luz”—produced by ICAIC 
(Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos)—follows 
Cuban doctors working in collaboration with communities 
throughout Latin America and Africa.The doctors work for no pay 
in areas of the world where there is either no medical care 
available or where the few local doctors are unable to meet the 
enormous need, in the case of the AIDS epidemic in Namibia and 
flood victims in Haiti.

The Cuban doctors often work alongside medical interns returning 
to their home country from Cuba after graduating from medical 
school. In Cuba, free medical training is provided for any 
student—the only requirement being that the student return to 
their home country and use their skills working within the most 
opporessed communities. Beyond the material aid the Cubans give, 
they also provide an important example that another world is 
possible. A world where care replaces the drive for profit. The 
film carri es with it a deep message of internationalism, 
solidarity and humanism. 2005, 53min, Spanish w/ English 
subtitles, Directed by Guillermo Centeno
 

 

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