We’re Sorry! Reservations are closed. Due to the overwhelming response to this event, we are no longer accepting reservations.
However, there will be a waiting list at the Landmark on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserved tickets that have not been picked up will be released at 6:20 PM.
No End in Sight will be opening at Piper’s Alley Theater on August 10th (1608 N Wells St in Chicago (312) 642-7500).
Join us for the screening and post-screening discussion with Juan Torres of Gold Star Families for Peace and Jeff Leys of Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind the disintegration of Iraq following the 2003 U.S. invasion, No End in Sight is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness, and venality.
Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high-ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the spring of 2003), Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003) as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts.
The film dissects the people, issues, and facts behind the Bush Administration’s decisions and their consequences on the ground to provide a powerful look into how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war.
"If everybody in this polarized country could be convinced to sit down tonight and watch… No End in Sight, we might pull our troops out of Iraq next week…" — Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
For more information about No End in Sight, visit the film’s official website.
This event is co-sponsored by Gold Star Families for Peace and Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
This screening and discussion are part of The Public Square at the IHC’s Civic Cinema program, a series of films, forums, and conversations that uses the most exceptionally creative and engaging documentary films of our times as a springboard for talking about some of the most pressing and challenging social issues facing us.
Discounted parking is available with validation at the garage adjacent to the Landmark. Stop by the box office after the event to get your ticket validated, and then pay at the designated yellow boxes on the first and fourth floors of the parking garage. Be sure not to pay until you are leaving, because the parking garage only allows ten minutes between paying and exiting.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Juan Torres is an active member of Gold Star Families for Peace and has traveled the country speaking out against the Iraq War. His son, Army Specialist Juan Torres, Jr., was killed in action on July 12, 2004 in Afghanistan.The army ruled his son’s death a suicide, but Torres believes otherwise and has been conducting his own investigation. Having lost a son, hefeels a duty to educate other parents about military recruiters.
Gold Star Families for Peace consists of families of soldiers who have died as a result of war (primarily, but not limited to the invasion/occupation of Iraq). They areorganizing to be a positive force inthe world, to bring thiscountry’s sons and daughters home from Iraq, to minimize the "human cost" of this war, and to prevent other families the pain of losing a loved one. Their goals are to bring about an end to the occupation of Iraq and to be a support group for Gold Star Families.
Jeff Leys is Co-Coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. He traveled to Iraq to nonviolently oppose the impending U.S. invasion in February 2003 with the Iraq Peace Team project of Voices in the Wilderness. He returned to Iraq in November 2003 to see the impact of the U.S. invasion upon Iraqi citizens in order to more effectively organize to end the U.S. occupation upon return home. He organized and participated in three water-only fasts between June 2005 and March 2006. He organized and participated in the Walk for Justice, a 30 day, 320 mile walk through Illinois to build opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq in June 2006. Currently, he is facing a possible 6 month jail sentence for entering the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command in North Chicago to oppose the war in and occupation of Iraq and to call for an end to stop-loss and stop-move orders that are imposed upon members of the military.
Voices for Creative Nonviolence has deep, long-standing roots in active nonviolent resistance to U.S. war-making. Begun in the summer of 2005, Voices draws upon the experiences of those who challenged the brutal economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and U.N. against the Iraqi people between 1990 and 2003.
For more information call 312.422.5580.