>Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:22:17 -0700 >From: Yoda Fan <[log in to unmask]> >Organization: Tosan Productions >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: Ali Sadri <[log in to unmask]>, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>, > Hooshang Motazedi <[log in to unmask]>, > KAMRAN RAVANBAKHSH <[log in to unmask]>, > Kaveh Nikpour <[log in to unmask]>, Kiavash <[log in to unmask]>, > Louis <[log in to unmask]>, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>, > Saeed Eskandari <[log in to unmask]>, > Sayeh AZAD <[log in to unmask]>, > "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Please Forward. >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > >> The PEACEMAKER from Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studio, >> which is being screened nationally and internationally, contains hate >> provoking swear words against Iran and against all Iranians by reason >> >> of ethnic origin. Unfortunately, the use of this type of degrading >> terminology continues to fuel the fire of misunderstanding, and >> hostility toward Iranian-Americans. >> >> Evidently, in one scene, while tracking a truck with the >> stolen nuclear >> bombs, the hero of the story says: >> "It's 5 miles from fucking Iran." >> >> A few moments later, referring to a captured scientist: >> "We educate half the world's terrorists." >> >> By casting a very serious suspicion on the integrity and >> loyalty of >> hundreds if not thousands of sorely needed foreign born students, >> scientists and technologists in America, is this movie advocating a >> form >> of educational and professional apartheid in our society? Dreamworks, >> >> should remember that immigrant students have contributed greatly to >> American science, technology and society. >> >> If DreamWorks is attempting to express its anger or >> frustration with >> respect to events of the international political arena, we ask them to >> >> note that this form of expression leaves innocent bystanders as >> victims. >> Furthermore, this type of production undermines the foundation of >> American society as the great melting pot. >> The concern of the Iranian-American community continues to be >> the >> ill-aimed demonization of Iranians and Iranian culture. Unfortunately >> >> we, as members of and contributors to American society, face the >> social >> consequences of these dehumanizing and anger provoking products of >> the >> 'entertainment' industry, everyday. >> >> We ask Mr. Steven Spielberg and the director Mimi Leder to: >> >> 1. Revise the explicit & insulting lines of the Peacemakers' script >> for >> video publication. >> 2. Consider the consequences of using fiction and film as the medium >> for education and the forum for debate of real day issues. Does this >> promote understanding and critical thinking or does it help foster >> paranoia and hatred among this country’s citizens? >> 3. Publicly apologies to Iranian Community. >> 4. Affirm their commitment to discuss their misperceptions and lack >> of >> sensitivity with respect to people of Iranian Heritage, with >> Iranian-American groups. They may notify the Iranian-American >> Anti-Discrimination Website (email: [log in to unmask]) and the Iranian >> >> Anti-Defamation Alliance (email: [log in to unmask]) of this commitment. >> >> >> We ask the Iranian-American Community at Large to please contact: >> >> Mr. Steven Spielberg and Ms. Mimi Leder, please be polite but firm: >> >> DreamWorks Studio >> 100 Universal City Plaza >> Bldg. 477 >> Universal City, CA 91608 >> Phone: (818) 733-7000 >> >> C/O Mr. Mike Vollman (Field Marketing Director) >> Phone: (818) 733-6892 >> Fax #: (818) 733-6995 >> Email: [log in to unmask] >> Web page: >> http://www.pepsi.com/main/nav/master_fspeacemaker.html >> >> Pepsi has sponsored this movie on its website: >> You can visit Pepsi @ >> http://www.pepsico.com/ >> >> Let Pepsi know that their sponsoring The Peacemaker, effects your >> decision to be a Pepsi Consumer by emailing Pepsi @: >> [log in to unmask] >> >> >> Thanks, >> The Staff @ the Persian Watch Cat >> An Iranian-American Anti-discrimination Website >> URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1813/ >> E-mail: [log in to unmask] >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Disposition: inline > >>From yodafan Wed Oct 15 18:57:16 1997 >Received: from holmes [207.113.160.3] > by ferret with smtp (Exim 1.62 #4) > id 0xLfBW-0005IH-00; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 18:57:10 -0700 >Received: by holmes (5.x/SMI-SVR4) > id AA07802; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 18:53:25 -0700 >Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 18:53:25 -0700 (PDT) >From: Shirin Massoudi <[log in to unmask]> >To: Sean Afshar <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Forwarded mail.... >Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > >Hey Sean, have you seen this movie? What about going to see Seven Years >in Tibet this week-end, a late showing? I'd love to see the film, but I >don't have much time. Boy, time is flying by. We have less than one and >one-half months left of this semester!! Let me know. Shirin. > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 14:49:11 PDT >From: Persian Watch-Cat <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: > >THE PERSIAN WATCH CAT ACTION ALERT: >SPIELBERGíS DREAMWORKS STUDIO TURNS PEACEMAKER: > > Courtesy of Iranian Anti-Defamation Alliance >Email: [log in to unmask] > > The PEACEMAKER from Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studio, >which is being screened nationally and internationally, contains hate >provoking swear words against Iran and against all Iranians by reason >of ethnic origin. Unfortunately, the use of this type of degrading >terminology continues to fuel the fire of misunderstanding, and >hostility toward Iranian-Americans. > > Evidently, in one scene, while tracking a truck with the stolen >nuclear >bombs, the hero of the story says: > "It's 5 miles from fucking Iran." > > A few moments later, referring to a captured scientist: > "We educate half the world's terrorists." > > By casting a very serious suspicion on the integrity and loyalty of >hundreds if not thousands of sorely needed foreign born students, >scientists and technologists in America, is this movie advocating a form >of educational and professional apartheid in our society? Dreamworks, >should remember that immigrant students have contributed greatly to >American science, technology and society. > > If DreamWorks is attempting to express its anger or frustration with >respect to events of the international political arena, we ask them to >note that this form of expression leaves innocent bystanders as victims. >Furthermore, this type of production undermines the foundation of >American society as the great melting pot. > The concern of the Iranian-American community continues to be the >ill-aimed demonization of Iranians and Iranian culture. Unfortunately >we, as members of and contributors to American society, face the social >consequences of these dehumanizing and anger provoking products of the >'entertainment' industry, everyday. > > We ask Mr. Steven Spielberg and the director Mimi Leder to: > >1. Revise the explicit & insulting lines of the Peacemakers' script for >video publication. >2. Consider the consequences of using fiction and film as the medium >for education and the forum for debate of real day issues. Does this >promote understanding and critical thinking or does it help foster >paranoia and hatred among this countryís citizens? >3. Publicly apologies to Iranian Community. >4. Affirm their commitment to discuss their misperceptions and lack of >sensitivity with respect to people of Iranian Heritage, with >Iranian-American groups. They may notify the Iranian-American >Anti-Discrimination Website (email: [log in to unmask]) and the Iranian >Anti-Defamation Alliance (email: [log in to unmask]) of this commitment. > > >We ask the Iranian-American Community at Large to please contact: > >Mr. Steven Spielberg and Ms. Mimi Leder, please be polite but firm: > > DreamWorks Studio > 100 Universal City Plaza > Bldg. 477 > Universal City, CA 91608 > Phone: (818) 733-7000 > > C/O Mr. Mike Vollman (Field Marketing Director) > Phone: (818) 733-6892 > Fax #: (818) 733-6995 > Email: [log in to unmask] > Web page: >http://www.pepsi.com/main/nav/master_fspeacemaker.html > > Pepsi has sponsored this movie on its website: > You can visit Pepsi @ > http://www.pepsico.com/ > >Let Pepsi know that their sponsoring The Peacemaker, effects your >decision to be a Pepsi Consumer by emailing Pepsi @: > [log in to unmask] > > >Thanks, >The Staff @ the Persian Watch Cat >An Iranian-American Anti-discrimination Website >URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1813/ >E-mail: [log in to unmask] > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.