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The U.S. Institute of Peace cordially invites you to attend a special movie screening on the organization, opposition, and motives of Baghdad's insurgents:

Meeting Resistance

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Meeting Resistance is a verité-style non-fiction film (90 min.) set in the streets, alleyways and ubiquitous teashops of the Adhamiya neighborhood of Baghdad. Filmed over a ten month period in 2003 and 2004, it witnesses how the insurgents began to organize themselves, revealing why they decided to violently oppose the occupation and how and why their motives have changed over time.

Directors Steve Connors' and Molly Bingham's unsurpassed access and stunning cinematography makes this film essential viewing for audiences concerned with a deeper understanding of the current situation in Iraq, and with the human condition of resistance.

Speakers

• Steve Connors and Molly Bingham
  Directors | www.meeetingresistance.com
• Colonel (Ret.) T.X. Hammes
  United States Marine Corps
• Daniel Serwer, Opening Remarks
  Vice President, Centers of Innovation and Post-Conflict Peace & Stability Operations, U.S. Institute of Peace

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